A portable ECG monitoring device with Bluetooth and Holter capabilities for telemedicine applications
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Daniel Lucani1, Giancarlos Cataldo, Julio Cruz
1Grupo de Bioingeniería y Biofísica Aplicada Research group in Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. dlucani@gbba.usb.ve
Abstract:
A prototype of a portable ECG-monitoring device has been developed for clinical and non-clinical environments as part of a telemedicine system to provide remote and continuous surveillance of patients. The device can acquire, store and/or transmit ECG signals to computer-based platforms or specially configured access points (AP) with Intranet/Internet capabilities in order to reach remote monitoring stations. Acquired data can be stored in a flash memory card in FAT16 format for later recovery, or transmitted via Bluetooth or USB to a local station or AP. This data acquisition module (DAM) operates in two modes: Holter and on-line transmission.
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