Development of a Non-contact Monitoring Device for Detecting a Slight Movement of Respiration and Pulse

• Published in: Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Vol. 52; no. Supplement; p. O-442
• Main Authors: Nakayama, Hiroshi, Okada, Yoshio, Shirai, Kei, Suzuki, Yusuke, Sugimoto, Yoshikuni, Miura, Kiyoshi, Kobayashi, Nobuaki, Hitokoto, Takanori, Fukushima, Toshihiro, Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Tomaki, Yumio, Sasaki, Takashi, Takagi, Junko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering 2014
• ISSN: 1347-443X; 1881-4379
• DOI: 10.11239/jsmbe.52.O-442

In this presentation, we propose a sensitive monitoring device for detecting a slight movement of respiration and pulse. An air cell sheet with air pressure sensor which is possible to detect a slight movement was developed. The sensor-sheet placed under various mattresses was able to detect a slight movement of respiration and pulse without physical restraint. Monitoring device equipped with the above sheet and a nurse call system was developed. The device was used in special elder nursing home. The device was placed under air mattress and was properly able to detect a slight movement of respiration and pulse, who required terminal care, without physical restraint.