Park S, Gopalsamy C, Rajamanickam R, Jayaraman S
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Textile & Fiber Engineering, Atlanta 30332-0295, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 1999;62:252-8.
Research on the design and development of a Sensate Liner for Combat Casualty Care has led to the realization of the world's first Wearable Motherboard or an "intelligent" garment for the 21st Century. This Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard (GTWM) provides an extremely versatile framework for the incorporation of sensing, monitoring and information processing devices. The principal advantage of GTWM is that it provides, for the first time, a very systematic way of monitoring the vital signs of humans in an unobtrusive manner. Appropriate sensors have been "plugged" into this motherboard using the developed Interconnection Technology and attached to any part of the individual being monitored, thereby creating a flexible wearable monitoring device. The flexible data bus integrated into the structure transmits the information to monitoring devices such as an EKG Machine, a temperature recorder, a voice recorder, etc. The bus also serves to transmit information to the sensors (and hence, the wearer) from external sources, thus making GTWM a valuable information infrastructure. GTWM is lightweight and can be worn easily by anyone--from infants to senior citizens. GTWM has enormous potential for applications in fields such as telemedicine, monitoring of patients in post-operative recovery, the prevention of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), and monitoring of astronauts, athletes, law enforcement personnel and combat soldiers.
一项关于为战伤护理设计和开发传感衬垫的研究催生了世界上首个可穿戴主板，即21世纪的“智能”服装。这款佐治亚理工学院可穿戴主板（GTWM）为集成传感、监测和信息处理设备提供了一个极其通用的框架。GTWM的主要优势在于，它首次提供了一种以不显眼的方式系统监测人体生命体征的方法。利用已开发的互连技术，将合适的传感器“插入”到这块主板中，并附着在被监测个体的任何部位，从而创建了一个灵活的可穿戴监测设备。集成在结构中的柔性数据总线将信息传输到诸如心电图机、温度记录仪、语音记录仪等监测设备。该总线还用于从外部源向传感器（进而向穿戴者）传输信息，因此使GTWM成为一个有价值的信息基础设施。GTWM重量轻，任何人——从婴儿到老年人都能轻松穿戴。GTWM在远程医疗、术后恢复患者监测、预防婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）以及监测宇航员、运动员、执法人员和作战士兵等领域具有巨大的应用潜力。
