Device and software for mobile heart monitoring

Abstract

This paper describes a new solution for mobile heart monitoring. This approach is based on the experience of ECG processing algorithms development for diagnostic purposes. The described approach allows developing a new mobile heart monitoring system consisting of ECG recording device, mobile computer (smartphone or tablet) and server (medical database). It is based on specially developed software components (microcontroller program, mobile computer client software and server software). ECG processing algorithms could be used offline without any communication with server. It lets mobile monitoring system inform the user about any signs of dangerous heart condition in ECG. Paper also describes experimental results of J-point detection, energy efficiency of the ECG device, wireless protocol bandwidth and contact break detection. They confirm the efficiency of the proposed technical approaches to mobile heart monitoring for wide range of applications from sports and fitness to monitoring for medical reasons.

Keywords

• ECG device
• wireless connection
• mobile monitoring system
• Android application