A Non-invasive Wearable Bioimpedance System to Wirelessly Monitor Bladder Filling


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2020

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Conference Paper

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Abstract

Monitoring of renal function can be crucial for patients in acute care settings. Commonly during postsurgical surveillance, urinary catheters are employed to assess the urine output accurately. However, as with any external device inserted into the body, the use of these catheters carries a significant risk of infection. In this paper, we present a non-invasive method to measure the fill rate of the bladder, and thus rate of renal clearance, via an external bioimpedance sensor system to avoid the use of urinary catheters, thereby eliminating the risk of infections and improving patient comfort. We design and propose a 4-electrode front-end and the whole wearable and wireless system with low power and accuracy in mind. The results demonstrate the accuracy of the sensors and low power consumption of only 80μW with a duty cycling of 1 acquisition every 5 minutes, which makes this battery-operated wearable device a long-term monitor system. © 2020 EDAA.

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2020 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE)

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338 - 341

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IEEE

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2020 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2020) (virtual)

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Bioimpedance; Biomedical applications; Embedded processing; Low power design; Wearable devices

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09619 - Schürle-Finke, Simone / Schürle-Finke, Simone check_circle
01225 - D-ITET Zentr. f. projektbasiertes Lernen / D-ITET Center for Project-Based Learning

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Due to the Corona virus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

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