Wearable Body Temperature Device For Home Monitoring

Abstract

Patient health monitoring is a common thing done by doctors to monitor their patients’ health condition. The most crucial reading monitored by doctors is the patient’s body temperature. Unfortunately, current systems used didn't provide continuous monitoring. Also, it causes disturbance for patient and health care provider. This project represents a "wearable flexible body temperature monitoring device" that aims for continuous home monitoring. The project is based on a microcontroller and a temperature sensor that converts the body’s temperature to a proportional analog voltage. The output from the sensor is connected to one of the ADC channel inputs of the microcontroller to derive the equivalent temperature value in digital format. The computed temperature is displayed in a character LCD in degree centigrade. All components were connected on fabric using conductive thread. It is not so costly, industrially that can be spread out vastly. The device is made of flexible fabric materials. And that was our object to construct such a flexible device which can be used easily, comfortably and continuously.