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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physiological Monitoring
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Body temperature is a critical physiological parameter for assessing health status.
  • Current clinical thermometers offer rapid measurements but lack continuous, real-time monitoring capabilities.
  • Existing methods are insufficient for tracking dynamic body temperature fluctuations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel wearable wireless system for continuous body temperature monitoring.
  • To enable real-time, accurate body temperature measurements.
  • To overcome the limitations of traditional thermometers in dynamic monitoring.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a wearable system utilizing a Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) thermistor for sensing.
  • Signal processing including amplification, filtering, zeroing, and calibration of temperature data.
  • Real-time data transmission to a mobile application via Bluetooth technology.

Main Results:

  • The developed system achieves real-time and accurate body temperature measurement.
  • Continuous monitoring of body temperature changes is enabled.
  • Seamless data integration with a mobile phone application via Bluetooth.

Conclusions:

  • The wearable wireless NTC-based system offers a significant advancement in continuous body temperature monitoring.
  • This technology facilitates real-time health status assessment and physiological monitoring.
  • The system provides a user-friendly and accurate solution for dynamic temperature tracking.