Low power wearable ECG monitoring system for single patient

A wireless Electrocardiograph (ECG) technology monitoring system today is very important role in prevention, diagnosis the abnormality of patients and rescue of heart disease. This thesis focuses on the continuously monitoring ECG activity using smartphone via Bluetooth transmission. Previously, existing ECG system are already exists (e.g Holter monitors). Based on this problem, the patients need to wear the Holter ECG monitor with the weight and dangling wires in their bodies because that monitor can be wear on the patients belt or hung around the neck. The patients’ needs regularly visit the hospital to records their ECG data. If the recordings can be made the cardiologist via the internet, it will be more easily the patient without visit to the hospital. The cardiologist can capture the patients ECG data easily with help for this wireless ECG monitoring system. This major objective of this study is to develop a low cost portable heart rate monitoring using Bluetooth Transmission. The methods that is used in this project using Bluetooth transmission and serial WiFi module can be used to monitoring the heart disease for continuous record heartbeat. All seven subjects with different gender participated in the study. The results collected data from the adults’ heart rate. This project conducted experiments on taking heart rate measurements and comparing results obtained from theoretical value provided by American Heart Association. The results show that in age 24 years old the reading of heart rate is 142-172 bpm. The reading measured value 172 bpm. Thus, the result can be concluded that the measurement values are achieved after the values are compared with measurement and theoretical parts. To summarize it, the system is suitable for long term measurement. In addition, the cardiologist can be analysed and will get more information about the patient for health care. As future work, other physiologist parameters such as blood pressure, temperature could be integrated to build a portable multi-functional health monitoring device with real time.