Design of Internet of Things enabled personalized healthcare device for vital signs monitoring

What is it about?

This paper presents the design of an Internet of Things enabled personalized healthcare device for monitoring human vital signs. The hardware prototype is developed with a low cost Wi-Fi enabled embedded board known as NodeMCU. The NodeMCU interfaced with vital signs monitoring sensors, an activity monitoring sensor, a rechargeable battery, and a solar panel. The vital signs of a person, such as body temperature, heart rate and activity are collected in a cloud environment and an alert is sent to the caregiver under abnormal circumstances.

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Why is it important?

Due to the advancement in personal health care devices, healthcare monitoring of an individual at anytime and from any location becomes a reality. The major issue with most personal healthcare device is their high power consumption and frequent charging. It prevents such devices from being used in critical regions where there is no provision for continuous power or medical infrastructure

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