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The detection of patient health plays an important role in the medical monitoring of hospitals and nursing homes. However, most traditional sensors lack human compatibility and safety, and even have an impact on the environment after they are disused. This paper presents two health monitoring sensors using an ecofriendly soft material by detecting the change of strain and temperature, separately. In the experiments, the strain and thermal sensors are attached to a human body and a heating structure to collect respective data. A system is also designed to facilitate the sensor connections and send data to the receiver. By observing the conditions of the human body or equipment from time to time, the best step can be taken if any abnormality occurs. Through those sensors, there will be an improvement in quality treatment for the patients that may require continuous remote health monitoring.
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Ofotsu, N.K., Zhu, X., Chen, R. (2023). Ecofriendly Soft Material-Based Sensors Capable of Monitoring Health. In: Sun, F., Cangelosi, A., Zhang, J., Yu, Y., Liu, H., Fang, B. (eds) Cognitive Systems and Information Processing. ICCSIP 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1787. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0617-8_37
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