J2ME and smart phones as platform for a Bluetooth Body Area Network for Patient-telemonitoring

A prototype of a system based on a Bluetooth body area network (BAN) for continuous and wireless telemonitoring of patients' biosignals is presented. Smart phones and Java (J2ME) have been selected as platform to build a central node in patients' BAN. A midlet running in the smart phone co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	2007 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2007-01, Vol.2007, p.2791-2794
Hauptverfasser:	Moron, M.J., Luque, J.R., Botella, A.A., Cuberos, E.J., Casilari, E., Diaz-Estrella, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biomedical monitoring Biosensors Bluetooth Body area networks Body sensor networks Cell Phone Computer Communication Networks Costs Ground penetrating radar Humans Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation Prototypes Smart phones Telemedicine Wireless sensor networks
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Zusammenfassung:	A prototype of a system based on a Bluetooth body area network (BAN) for continuous and wireless telemonitoring of patients' biosignals is presented. Smart phones and Java (J2ME) have been selected as platform to build a central node in patients' BAN. A midlet running in the smart phone compiles information about patient's location and health status. The midlet encrypts and retransmits it to the server through 802.11 or GPRS/UMTS. Besides when an alerting condition is detected, the midlet generates a MMS and a SMS to be sent to patients' relatives and to physician, respectively. Additionally, the system provides to physicians the possibility of configuring BAN's parameters remotely, from a PC or even a smart phone.
ISSN:	1094-687X 1557-170X 1558-4615
DOI:	10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352908