A FSK Radio-telemetry System for Monitoring Vital Signs in UHF Band

UHF 대역 FSK에 의한 생체신호 무선 전송장치의 개발

  • Park D.C. (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee H.K. (Dr. LEE io. Ltd.)
  • Published : 2000.06.01

Abstract

This paper presents a radio-telemetry patient monitor. which is used for intensive cal?e units. emergency and surgical operation rooms to monitor continuously patients' vital signs. The radio-telemetry patient monitor consists of a vital sign acquisition unit. wireless data transmission units and a vital sign-monitoring unit. The vital sign acquisition unit amplifies biological signals, performs analog signal to serial digital data conversion using the one chip micro-controller. The converted digital data is modulated FSK in UHF band using low output power and transmitted to a remote site in door. In comparison with analog modulation. FSK has major advantages to improve performance with respect to noise resistance with fower error and the potential ability to process and Improve quality of the received data. The vital sign-monitoring unit consists of the receiver to demodulate the modulated digital data, the LCD monitor to display vital signs continuously and the thermal head printer to record a signal.

본 연구는 중환자실, 응급실, 수술실등 병실내에서 환자를 구속하지 않고. 무선으로 환자의 활력징후 신호등을 관찰할 수 있는 생체신호 무선 전송장치를 설계 제작하는데 목적을 두었다. 본 무선 환자감시장치는 활력징후 신호 수집기, 무선 송수신 장치 및 활력징후 관찰기로 구성된다. 활력징후 신호 수집부는 생체신호를 증폭하기 위한 아날로그신호 증폭기와 디지털데이터 변환을 위한 단일 칩 마이크로 컨트롤러로 구성된다. 전송신호의 품질을 확보하고 신호처리 및 구성이 간단하여 저 비용으로 구성할 수 있는 주파수편이변조(FSK) 방법을 사용하였고 디지털신호는 UHF 대역의 미약 무선주파수에 의하여 송수신되었다. 활력징후 신호 관찰기는 무선 수신기에 의해 디지털 데이터를 복조하고 활력징후 신호를 상시 모니터링하기 위한 액정모니터(LCD) 및 신호를 기록하기 위한 감열기록장치(thermal Printer)로 설계 제작되었다.

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