Self Powered Wearable Health Monitoring System

Abstract:

For consistent remote health monitoring to be realized, power source must be independent of time factor. We require small, inexpensive, ubiquitous sensors to be realized, all constituents of the device, including the power source, must be directly integrable. For long term application the device must be capable of scavenging power from its surrounding environment. An apparent solution lies in conversion of mechanical energy produced by body movements to electrical energy. Here, we propose a health monitoring system utilizing energy scavenging from body movements for signal transmission through wireless antenna.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 403-408)
• Pages: 3839-3846
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.3839
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Harkanwal Singh, Choudhary Mayur Lalchand
• Keywords: Bio-Electronics, Energy Scavenging, Piezoelectrics, Self-Powered Health Monitoring

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