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WEARABLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WEALTHY OBJECTIVES
2. Definition of WEALTHY
The main objective of WEALTHY is to set up a comfortable health monitoring system. This will be based on a "wearable" interface, implemented by integrating smart sensors (in fiber and yarn form), advanced signal processing techniques and modern telecommunication systems on a textile platform and by developing a monitoring system for data management with local intelligence in the form of a decision support unit.
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2.1 Components of WEALTHY
The basic building blocks of such a system include:
- "Smart" sensors, which provide direct sensing capabilities to textile materials.
- A cost-effective, non-invasive and wearable system based on wearable and wireless-instrumented garments, which are able to detect user-specific physiological signals.
- An intelligent system for data representation and alert functions, which is able to create intelligent patient feedback and deliver appropriate information to a target professional.
- Electronic devices for transmitting the signals by means of GPRS using the standard GSM network, thus allowing usage of the sensing garment "anywhere" - at home, at work, at the hospital/rehabilitation centre as well as away from a local base station.
- Advanced telecommunication protocols and services (e.g. Bluetooth for short range).
- Effective and user-friendly data format.
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2.1.1 Key Features of WEALTHY
The WEALTHY system will thus:
- Assist the patient during rehabilitation.
- Assist professional worker during risk activities.
- Ensure intelligent monitoring of the users during, for instance, everyday tasks and physical exercise. Such a feedback can include alerts and warnings or conversely, to provide reassurance over the situation.
- Trigger automatic transmission of physiological or clinical sensitive parameters.
- Alert emergency services if the situation turns critical (absence of patient response, alarming vital signs, etc.).
- Allow the interpretation and extrapolation of index related to physiological conditions by considering all simultaneous data.
- Guarantee a friendly interface for professionals.
- Ensure a high degree of freedom and let the user perform his/her normal activities
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