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Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Using
a Wireless Sensor Network
Tomsy Varghese, Tissy Varghese and Mukta Bhatele
Abstract A remotely monitored system to measure patient's blood pressure (BP)
is described. The data are transferred to a central monitoring station using a
wireless sensor network for display and storage. One mote was interfaced to the
BP monitor for data acquisition and the others were utilized to route the BP data to
the monitoring station. A user friendly graphical user interface (GUI) is designed
for monitoring current and past measurements for all observed patients. Test
results indicated high accuracy in BP measurements. Power consumption by the
BP monitor interfaced mote was minimized by forcing it into a low-power sleep
mode when not in use.
Keywords Wireless sensor network
Blood pressure monitor (BPM)
Base
station
Introduction
Recent advancements in information and communication technologies are paving
the way for new paradigms in embedded computing systems. This, allied with an
increasing eagerness for monitoring and controlling everything, everywhere, is
pushing forward the design of new Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) infrastructures
M. Bhatele
Department of Computer Science, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India
T. Varghese (
&
)
Department of Digital Communication, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India
e-mail: tomsyvarghese@yahoo.co.in
T. Varghese
Oriental Engineering College, Jabalpur, India
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