Abtahi Farhad, Snäll Jonatan, Aslamy Benjamin, Abtahi Shirin, Seoane Fernando, Lindecrantz Kaj
School of Technology and Health, Royal Institute of Technology, Alfred Nobels Allé 10, Stockholm SE-141 52, Sweden.
Sensors (Basel). 2014 Dec 23;15(1):93-109. doi: 10.3390/s150100093.
Bioimedical pilot projects e.g., telemedicine, homecare, animal and human trials usually involve several physiological measurements. Technical development of these projects is time consuming and in particular costly. A versatile but affordable biosignal measurement platform can help to reduce time and risk while keeping the focus on the important goal and making an efficient use of resources. In this work, an affordable and open source platform for development of physiological signals is proposed. As a first step an 8-12 leads electrocardiogram (ECG) and respiration monitoring system is developed. Chips based on iCoupler technology have been used to achieve electrical isolation as required by IEC 60601 for patient safety. The result shows the potential of this platform as a base for prototyping compact, affordable, and medically safe measurement systems. Further work involves both hardware and software development to develop modules. These modules may require development of front-ends for other biosignals or just collect data wirelessly from different devices e.g., blood pressure, weight, bioimpedance spectrum, blood glucose, e.g., through Bluetooth. All design and development documents, files and source codes will be available for non-commercial use through project website, BiosignalPI.org.
生物医学试点项目，如远程医疗、家庭护理、动物和人体试验，通常涉及多种生理测量。这些项目的技术开发既耗时又特别昂贵。一个多功能但价格合理的生物信号测量平台有助于减少时间和风险，同时专注于重要目标并有效利用资源。在这项工作中，提出了一个用于生理信号开发的价格合理的开源平台。第一步是开发一个8 - 12导联心电图（ECG）和呼吸监测系统。基于iCoupler技术的芯片已被用于实现IEC 60601规定的患者安全所需的电气隔离。结果显示了该平台作为紧凑、价格合理且医疗安全的测量系统原型基础的潜力。进一步的工作涉及硬件和软件开发以开发模块。这些模块可能需要为其他生物信号开发前端，或者只是通过蓝牙等方式从不同设备（如血压、体重、生物阻抗谱、血糖）无线收集数据。所有设计和开发文档、文件及源代码将通过项目网站BiosignalPI.org供非商业使用。
