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N Arunkumar¹, V Pandimurugan², M S Hema³

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore-641021, India.

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This study introduces a flexible wearable prototype for environmental monitoring using the Internet of Things (IoT). The system enhances real-time patient data transmission and doctor-controlled monitoring, improving healthcare efficiency.

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Internet of Things (IoT)
Wearable Technology

Background:

The medical field increasingly relies on the Internet of Things (IoT) for disease prevention and prediction.
Wearable devices are crucial for collecting and processing personal health data.
A flexible framework for broad parameter monitoring via wearables is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

To design a variable and flexible wearable prototype with a modular IoT portal for environmental surveillance.
To establish a bidirectional link between patients and healthcare providers through an IoT gateway.
To enable real-time, doctor-configurable sensor monitoring on wearables.

Main Methods:

Development of an innovative prototype with a handle and a modular IoT portal.
Real-time environmental parameter monitoring.
Bidirectional data communication between users, IoT gateway, and IoT servers.
Doctor-configurable measurement parameters and sensor activation.

Main Results:

The system minimizes processing time by 25.34%.
Energy consumption is reduced by up to 72.25%.
Privacy levels of IoT medical devices are boosted by 17.25% compared to benchmark systems.

Conclusions:

The developed IoT-based wearable system offers significant improvements in efficiency, energy conservation, and privacy for healthcare monitoring.
This flexible framework facilitates real-time data exchange and remote patient observation.
The prototype demonstrates the potential of IoT in enhancing preventive and predictive healthcare strategies.