Development of a system to measure local measurement conditions around textile electrodes

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010:2010:4975-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627222.

Abstract

The three main influence factors on the interface between textile electrode an skin are: temperature, contact pressure and relative humidity. This paper presents first results of a prototype, which measures these local measurement conditions around textile electrodes. The wearable prototype is a data acquisition system based on a microcontroller with a flexible sensor sleeve. Validation measurements included variation of ambient temperature, contact pressures and sleeve material. Results show a good correlation with data found in literature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Clothing*
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electrodes*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Humidity
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
  • Skin Physiological Phenomena*
  • Textiles*
  • Thermography / instrumentation*
  • Transducers