BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY RECORDING BASED ON A SINGLE ELECTRODE FOR USE ON WEARABLE DEVICES

M. S. Fernandes, C. M. Pereira, J. H. Correia, P. M. Mendes

2011

Abstract

Wearable devices are used to unobtrusively record several physiological signals. Bioelectric signals are one of the most important variables monitored. Despite the available techniques, including capacitive coupling, it is still lacking a contactless solution that can be integrated into wearable devices. We propose a new approach where an instrumentation amplifier is directly driven by a bioelectric signal. In this way, the voltage drop on the capacitive electrodes is avoided. In this paper we show the proof of concept, and results are presented to show how to record an Electrocardiogram (ECG) using this new approach. Measurements were made using a high-impedance instrumentation amplifier. Results have shown that our approach is viable for bioelectric signal detection using contactless methods.

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Fernandes M., Pereira C., Correia J. and Mendes P. (2011). BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY RECORDING BASED ON A SINGLE ELECTRODE FOR USE ON WEARABLE DEVICES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-37-9, pages 130-134. DOI: 10.5220/0003129101300134


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices11,
author={M. S. Fernandes and C. M. Pereira and J. H. Correia and P. M. Mendes},
title={BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY RECORDING BASED ON A SINGLE ELECTRODE FOR USE ON WEARABLE DEVICES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={130-134},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003129101300134},
isbn={978-989-8425-37-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY RECORDING BASED ON A SINGLE ELECTRODE FOR USE ON WEARABLE DEVICES
SN - 978-989-8425-37-9
AU - Fernandes M.
AU - Pereira C.
AU - Correia J.
AU - Mendes P.
PY - 2011
SP - 130
EP - 134
DO - 10.5220/0003129101300134