Respiratory Motion Sensor Measuring Capacitance Constructed across Skin in Daily Activities
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Makie Terazawa1, Momoko Karita2, Shinya Kumagai3
1Department of Advanced Science and Technology, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan. sd11061@toyota-ti.ac.jp.
Abstract:
In this work, a respiratory sensor is studied, measuring the capacitance constructed by attached electrodes on the abdomen. Based on previous findings, that skin thickness changes caused by respiration provides the signal, the fitting condition of the electrode on the skin is stabilized using a 7-μm-thick dressing film. This film can be comfortably worn for a long time, while maintaining the electrode's position on the skin. This stabilized setup enables the detection of, not only respiration, as the cyclic capacitance change, but also of minute body volume changes over the daytime, as a change in the base line indicates the quality of the sensor signal. For this demonstration, the respiration signal is measured during the daily activity of exercise and 6-min walks.
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