September 5, 2006
Shirt records ECG
A multinational research team, funded by the European Society of Cardiology, have developed a shirt that is capable of recording an electrocardiogram (ECG). The fabric of the shirt contains wires that form an electrode, which is used to record the heart’s electrical activity. In addition to recording the data, the shirt is also capable of transmitting the data via a cell phone network or Bluetooth.
Early tests are promising: an ECG was recorded of 15 test patients and the data was compared to a standard ECG system. The tests showed that both data sets were of equal quality.
I have written about a similar product earlier.
Smart clothes like this shirt could have a huge impact on home care and remotely monitoring patients. While this first prototype monitors heart activity, future shirts could record other parameters such as body temperature and breathing.
Source: fibre2fashion
[…] I previously reported on the Shirt that records an ECG, and Adidas integrating a heart rate monitor into clothing. Other examples were a shirt that remotely monitors vital signs (interestingly from Korea as well), using Sensatex technology. […]