Beat-by-Beat Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure based on an ASIC and a Mobile Phone for Ambulatory Application

Wenxi Chen, Ming Huang, Xin Zhu, Kei-ichiro Kitamura, Tetsu Nemoto

2013

Abstract

This paper describes an ambulatory monitor for beat-by-beat monitoring of systolic blood pressure (SBP) based on an ASIC chip and a mobile phone. The ASIC is able to measure electrocardiogram (ECG), photoelectric plethysmogram (PPG), and has a peripheral interface to control an air pump and valve for inflating and deflating a sphygmomanometer cuff in conventional blood pressure measurement. Algorithms for signal processing, characteristic point detection and SBP estimation are implemented on a mobile phone. Pulse arrival time (PAT) is derived from the apex of QRS complex to the maximum slope of PPG, and is used to estimate a rapid change component in SBP beat-by-beat. An oscillometric sphygmomanometer with a cuff is used to determine SBP intermittently for calibration purpose. Data communication between a mobile phone and the ambulatory monitor is conducted via a Bluetooth wireless connection. Performance of the prototype is examined by data from five healthy college students. The results show that 65.9% of estimated SBP fall into ±5% relative error, 96.6% in ±10% and 99.7% in ±15%. This prototype is a pilot study aiming at integrating an innovative sphygmomanometry into a mobile phone for continuous blood pressure monitoring. We expect to find potential applications in ambulatory monitoring and daily healthcare.

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in Harvard Style

Chen W., Huang M., Zhu X., Kitamura K. and Nemoto T. (2013). Beat-by-Beat Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure based on an ASIC and a Mobile Phone for Ambulatory Application . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-34-1, pages 10-13. DOI: 10.5220/0004192600100013


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices13,
author={Wenxi Chen and Ming Huang and Xin Zhu and Kei-ichiro Kitamura and Tetsu Nemoto},
title={Beat-by-Beat Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure based on an ASIC and a Mobile Phone for Ambulatory Application},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={10-13},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004192600100013},
isbn={978-989-8565-34-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013)
TI - Beat-by-Beat Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure based on an ASIC and a Mobile Phone for Ambulatory Application
SN - 978-989-8565-34-1
AU - Chen W.
AU - Huang M.
AU - Zhu X.
AU - Kitamura K.
AU - Nemoto T.
PY - 2013
SP - 10
EP - 13
DO - 10.5220/0004192600100013