The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
The Swedish School of Textiles
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Lena Berglin, PostDoc
• Laboratory equipment in woven, knitted, coated, laminated and assembly technologies
• Textile sensors for medical and industrial applications
• How will Smart Textile affect textile technology
• 3 PhD Students Siw Eriksson, Emanuel Gunnarsson, Li Guo
Introduction
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• The National Institute for Working Life, Leif Sandsjö
• Facilitate longterm ambulatory monitoring
• 2006, 6+6 month project
• Co-operation between The Swedish School of Textiles and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Umeå
• Recording of Heart Rate and Electromyographic Signals using textile sensors
Biomedical Engineering, University hospital Umeå
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Stefan Karlsson, Urban Wiklund, Marcus Karlsson, Tomas Bäcklund
• Research support and development for the hospital
• Research
• Education at Umeå University
The Aim
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
ECG EMG
The Health Monitoring Concept
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Electrode
ElectrodeElectrode
Signal leader
Data acquisition unitData managementCommunicationPower Supply
Heart RateBreathing RateMuscle Activity
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Electrode System Design
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Padded structure
• Data transfer
• Shielding
• Multilayer structure
Acquisition Unit
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Acquisition unit
Electrodes
Data transfer
Data transfer
Wireless unit
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Possible to wear outside other clothing
• Does not have to be tight to the body
• Easy to wear controling unit
• other values
Final ECG Concept
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
Final ECG Concept
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Different situation - different products
• Different groups of user
Concluding Remarks
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Smart Textiles - a system
• Application is central
• Applied research links different disciplines in an interdisciplinary area
Future Outlook
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Clinical tests
• New concepts
• New user groups
Future Outlook
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• Interface between textile and electronics
• Padded structures
• Contact less electrodes in Co-operation with Umeå and Physics at Chalmers
• Clinical tests
Future Outlook
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena BerglinThe Swedish School of Textiles
• New weaving technology, multilayer with independent layers
• Braiding technology
• Assembling Technology
• Increase the number of researchers in the textile group
A Textile Product Concept based on Wireless Monitoring of Heart Rate and Electromyographic Signals
Lena.Berglin @ hb.se
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