The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
The Swedish School of Textiles
• Lena Berglin, PostDoc
• Laboratory equipment in woven, knitted, coated, laminated and assembly
technologies
• Textile sensors for medical and industrial applications
• How will Smart Textile affect textile technology
• 3 PhD Students Siw Eriksson, Emanuel Gunnarsson, Li Guo
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Introduction
• The National Institute for Working Life, Leif Sandsjö
• Facilitate longterm ambulatory monitoring
• 2006, 6+6 month project
• Co-operation between The Swedish School of Textiles and
Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Umeå
• Recording of Heart Rate and Electromyographic Signals using textile
sensors
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Biomedical Engineering, University hospital Umeå
• Stefan Karlsson, Urban Wiklund, Marcus Karlsson, Tomas Bäcklund
• Research support and development for the hospital
• Research
• Education at Umeå University
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
The Aim
EMG
ECG
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
The Health Monitoring Concept
Electrode
Signal leader
Electrode
Electrode
Heart Rate
Breathing Rate
Muscle Activity
Data acquisition unit
Data management
Communication
Power Supply
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Process
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Electrode System Design
• Padded structure
• Data transfer
• Shielding
• Multilayer structure
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Acquisition Unit
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
Data transfer
Data transfer
Wireless unit
Electrodes
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Acquisition unit
Extended use
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Extended use
• Possible to wear outside other clothing
• Does not have to be tight to the body
• Easy to wear controling unit
• other values
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Final ECG Concept
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Final ECG Concept
• Different situation - different products
• Different groups of user
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Concluding Remarks
• Smart Textiles - a system
• Application is central
• Applied research links different disciplines in an interdisciplinary area
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Future Outlook
• Clinical tests
• New concepts
• New user groups
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Future Outlook
• Interface between textile and electronics
• Padded structures
• Contact less electrodes in Co-operation with Umeå and Physics at Chalmers
• Clinical tests
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
Future Outlook
• New weaving technology, multilayer with independent layers
• Braiding technology
• Assembling Technology
• Increase the number of researchers in the textile group
The Cardigan and a Textile Product Concept based on
Monitoring of Biophysical Signals
Lena Berglin
The Swedish School of Textiles
A Textile Product
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hb.se based on Wireless Monitoring of
Heart Rate and Electromyographic Signals