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On Line Real Time Health Monitoring of ICU Patients using
ARM7
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Mrs. Rajashri Patil , 2Prof.Balaji Hogade
Electronics Department, Datta Meghe College Of Engg ,
Airoli , Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra 400708, India
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Department of Electronics, Terna Engg College,
Nerul, Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra , 400708 , India
Abstract
Care of critically ill patient requires prompt & accurate decisions so that life-protecting & lifesaving therapy can be properly applied. Because of these requirements, ICUs have become widely established in hospitals. Difficulty found in most hospitals is that Expert has to frequently …show more content…
visit the patient & asses his/her condition by measuring different parameters.
These systems works when there is any emergency by using different wireless technologies. This paper is mainly based on continuous monitoring aspect of ICU patients.
I have designed, developed a reliable, energy efficient patient monitoring system. It is able to send parameters of patient in real time. It enables the doctors to monitor patients parameters
(temp, heart beat , ECG) in real time using http protocol The timely manner of conveying real time monitored parameter to doctor is given highest priority. Hence On line Real time Health monitoring is becoming popular for the ICU patients.
Keywords: Sensors, ARM7 microprocessor, GSM /GPRS
UART modem, HTTP protocol
1. Introduction
1.1. Problem definition:
Currently there are number of health monitoring systems available for the ICU patients. All these systems works mainly when there is any emergency occurs. It means information is transmitted to server mainly when there is any abnormality occurs. But main problem with these systems is that it is not capable of transmitting data continuously also range limitations of different wireless technologies used in the systems .So to overcome these limitations of systems I have proposed a new system
This system is able to transmit the parameters of patient continuously and over long distance by establishing HTTP
Connection via GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
1.2. Proposed system:
Projected system involves different sensors, ARM 7 microprocessor, GSM / GPRS UART modem .The sensors continuously sense the parameters of ICU patient & send to ARM 7 microprocessor. Processor converts these in to digital form and then these parameters are transmitted to server PC by establishing HTTP connection via GPRS
(General Packet Radio Service).
Sensor 1
Sensor 2
ARM 7 - TDMI
Processor
Sensor 3
Sensor sense Physiological parameters
Sends real time on
Bed Side
PC / Local
PC
Patient in ICU
Fig.1 proposed system
To Server PC
(Expert
Doctor)
line data
RS-232
GSM /GPRS
TTL
UART modem Long
Distance
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2. Actually developed system:
The actual system is shown in figure. Here I have designed 3 sensors it uses temp, ECG, heart beat sensor. All the parameters are continuously sensed by sensors and then send to processor. It converts these parameters into digital form and then these parameters are send to modem and by establishing http communication (via GSM / GPRS ) using AT commands transmitted to server PC .On server side I have developed
VB.Net application which downloads all the data which is transmitted. And then display these parameters in the form of waveforms. Power
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ARM 7 microprocessor.
I also designed another power supply which is required for modem; it is also 5 v supply, with high power and high current capability. 3.1.2 Hear Beat sensor:
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Fig.3 Heart beat sensor
For Heart Beat Sensor I am using IC LM 358.Its dual low power operational amplifier Licit consists of a super bright red LED and light detector. LED needs to be super bright as the light must pass through finger and detected at other end. When heart pumps a pulse of blood through blood vessels, finger becomes slightly more opaque so less light reached at the detector. With each heart pulse detector signal varies this variation is converted to electrical pulse.
3.1.3 Temperature sensor:
Fig2. Actually developed system
3. Designing:
The designing part includes basically three sections as follows,
Hardware design
Ready to use hardware modules
Software design
Fig.4 Temperature sensor
3.1 Hardware design:
It includes Power supply design, Temperature sensor, Heart beat sensor, Electrocardiograph sensor and RS-232 connector circuit
3.1.1 Power supply circuit:
The hardware of project requires different power supplies.
5 v: for temperature sensor circuit, heartbeat circuit, RS 232 connector circuit.
3.3 v: for ARM 7 TDMI microprocessor.
+/- 9 v: for ECG sensor circuit.
For temperature sensor circuit, I am using LM35 its Precision
Centigrade Temperature Sensor. LM35 series are precision integrated-circuit temperature sensors, whose output voltage is linearly proportional to Celsius temperature.LM35 is rated to operate over a −55° to +150°C temperature range. This is a 3 pin IC input, output and ground pin.
3.1.4 Electrocardiograph sensor:
For ECG I am using IC AD624AD it’s a precision
Instrumentation Amplifier IC. The amplifier takes the input from 3 Leads / electrodes which are connected to the patient.
The lead arrangement is as shown in fig.
3.2 Ready to use hardware modules:
For this section I am using modem which is readily available in market by rhydolabz and using 9 v power supplies for ECG circuit.
3.2.1 GSM/GPRS UART modem:
Fig.5 ECG sensor
It is built with Quad Band GSM/GPRS engine, works on 850 /
900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz. Frequency band can be set by AT commands. The Modem is coming with RS232 interface, which allows you connect PC as well as microcontroller with
MAX232. The baud rate is configurable from …show more content…
9600-115200 through AT command. Modem is having internal TCP/IP stack to enable you to connect with internet via GPRS. It is suitable for SMS, Voice as well as DATA transfer application in M2M interface. Using this modem, you can make audio calls, SMS,
Read SMS; attend the incoming calls and internet through simple AT commands. This module connects to specific application and air interface. It is integrated with HTTP protocol. AT commands are developed to use HTTP protocol easily which will be very useful for those data transfer applications. Fig.6 Lead placement
Fig.8 SIM 900 modems.
3.1.5 RS-232 connector circuit:
3.3 Software Design:
This connector is a serial port connector. It is used to connect the hardware to the modem. It is used to send the sensed parameters from patient to the modem, which then transmits all the parameters to the server PC via http protocol via GPRS.
Another RS 232 connector is used to download the code into processor. This includes the coding of ARM 7 processor and coding for downloading of data and for GUI (Graphical User Interface) on server side.
For HTTP : AT+ commands
For ARM 7: Embedded c using Keil software.
For GUI
: VB.Net
3.3.1 for HTTP:
Fig.7 RS-232 connector
For http communication establishment and for data transfer I am using AT commands. These are used in coding of ARM 7 processor. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
It is a TCP/IP based communication protocol which is used to deliver virtually all files and other data, collectively called resources, on the World Wide Web.
A browser is works as an HTTP client because it sends requests to an HTTP server which is called Web server. The Web Server then sends responses back to the client. It is the protocol used for the web. It is based on a request/request paradigm.SIM900 has an embedded TCP/IP stack that is driven by AT commands and enables the host application to easily access the Internet
HTTP service.
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Steps to be followed to data transfer:
STEP 1: Set the bearer profile.
STEP2: To open GPRS context.
STEP 3: HTTP POST method
STEP 4: Post the data
STEP 5: Post sessions start
STEP 6: Post successfully
Reas Data from Port Pins of ARM
7 processor (TEMP, HB, ECG)
3.3.2 for GUI:
For graphical user interface I am using Visual studio 2008. I have designed a GUI using VB.Net .On the server side the code is developed. This code generates a GUI which includes blocks for ECG, Temp & HB, and no. of samples; connect GPRS,
Received data, system error message.
Make array of the data which is read by sensors.
Using HTTTP POST method sends all the data to UART buffer.
3.3.3For ARM 7:
The ARM7TDMI-S is a general purpose 32-bit microprocessor, offers high performance and very low power consumption. ARM architecture is based on RISC principles, instruction set and related decode mechanism are simpler than CISC Pipeline techniques employed ARM Pprocessor supports both 32-bit and
16-bit instructions via the ARM and Thumb instruction sets.
START
Data is sent in packet form, to server PC.
Check the data on SERVER PC in the form of WAVEFORMS
(Server PC uses VB based
Initialization of all ports of ARM
7 microprocessor
Fig.9 Flowchart of code
Initialization channels of
UART,
ADC
Initialization of SIM 900 Modem
ARM 7 having Various 32-bit timers, single or dual 10-bit 8 channel ADC(s), 10-bit DAC, PWM channels and 47 GPIO lines with up to 9 edge or level sensitive external interrupt pins make these microcontrollers particularly suitable for industrial control and medical systems, CPU Clock unto 60MHz
I am using LPC 2148 IC for ARM7.For microprocessor I am using Keil software. The coding includes different steps as shown in flowchart.
4. Results
Initialization of GPRS for Modem
Initialization of communication for Modem
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HTTP
The result of this project includes results of compilation, sensors and GUI. The compilation of C code is done using
Micro Vision Keil software and indicated the generation of Hex file. The sensor results are generated at different conditions like normal, after running, after wake up etc.
4.1Results of ARM7 code compilation:
6. Future modification or enhancement:
There is always chance to improve any system as research & development is an endless process. Our system is no exception to this phenomenon.
The following measurements can be done in future
Blood pressure
Pulse oximetry
Galvanic-Skin Resistance
Amenia
WEBCAM technology can visualize patient situations
In future
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On Line Real Time Monitoring
We can design a system which works in two ways, that means when the expert receives the data in the form of waveform, after observing these waveforms the expert will suggest or prescribe the drug for that situation or condition of patient.
Fig.10
7. Conclusions
4.2 Result of Temp & HB Sensors:
From the above designed project I can conclude that we are able to transmit the data which is sensed from ICU patient to the server PC by establishing http communication to server via
GPRS .The data is transmitted to server in real time, but if there is any network error or GPRS error then the data transmission might be get delayed. We can also check the data transmission and data downloading status on hyper terminal. So that we can remove the error if any.
The leads of the ECG sensor must be stick properly to the patient, which is nearest to the chest side of patient. So that we get more and more correct ECG.
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Fig.11
5 Final Hardware modules:
Fig.12 Complete designed hardware
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First Author Mrs. Rajashri k Patil completed B.E Electronics from
North Maharashtra University in 2003. Currently pursuing M.E. EXTC from Terna Engineering College Nerul , Navi Mumbai with Ist Rank in college .Also having 5 years of teaching experience. Worked at
I.E.T.E. (Baroda center) and also at Parul Institute of eng and
Technology Baroda (Guj) and currently working with Datta Meghe
College of engg and technology, Airoli navi Mumbai. Also published and presented papers in no. of conferences, includes national and international. Also delivered Expert Lectures on “8085
Microprocessor and Architecture”.
Second Author Prof.Balaji G...Hogade is having 21 years of teaching experience .He is a Research Scholar for SVKMs , NMIMS
, MPSTME.Pursuing his Ph.D. in Smart Antenna from
NMIMS,
Mumbai. He has completed his M.E. (Power Electronics) from
Mumbai University in 1999. Also published and presented more then
25 papers in National, International conferences and journals. Also worked as HOD of EXTC department, Dean of Academics. He is an approved Teacher, Guide in EXTC, Electronics engineering since
2005. Prof.B.G.Hogade wais UOM Member, BOS (Electronics engg.), UOM Chairman from 2009-11, BOS, PPT. Prof.Balaji
G...Hogade member of LIC committee in 2006,2007,2008,2010. Also worked as Cap co-coordinator UOM for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011.He is also panel member of USSC expert, Electronics and EXTC,
LIMSTE. Currently working as an Associate Professor in Terna Engg
College, Navi Mumbai.