OFSETH - Optical Fibre Sesnors Embedded in to technical Textiles for Healthcare monitoring
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The OFSETH project [1] is investigating the use of optical fibre technologies integrated to textiles for the purposes of measuring various vital signs such as electrocardiography ECG, respiratory and pulse oxidation levels.
The use of optical systems offer some advantages over electrical ones particularly in areas such as MRI patient monitoring and situations where the patient is moving a lot. It has the advantage of being free from electrical/EMC interference and also will not cause any tissue self heating (an area that is of some concern for electrical devices particularly where higher power levels are involved). The OFSETH project will particularly look at using Polymer Optical Fibres (POF) over standard Silica based fibres, A major focus will be the wearability and comfort of the final prototype system.
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