Wearable and Implantable Sensors: The Patient’s Perspective

Sensors

Jeroen H. M. Bergmann²  Vikesh Chandaria¹ 

[1] Imperial College London, Department of Bioengineering, London SW7 2AZ, UK; E-Mail:;Imperial College London, Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence, London W6 8RF, UK

关键词: medical sensors;    wearable technology;    body sensor networks;    patient centered design;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s121216695

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

There has been a rising interest in wearable and implantable biomedical sensors over the last decade. However, many technologies have not been integrated into clinical care, due to a limited understanding of user-centered design issues. Little information is available about these issues and there is a need to adopt more rigorous evidence standards for design features to allow important medical sensors to progress quicker into clinical care. Current trends in patient preferences need to be incorporated at an early stage into the design process of prospective clinical sensors. The first comprehensive patient data set, discussing mobile biomedical sensor technology, is presented in this paper. The study population mainly consisted of individuals suffering from arthritis. It was found that sensor systems needed to be small, discreet, unobtrusive and preferably incorporated into everyday objects. The upper extremity was seen as the favored position on the body for placement, while invasive placement yielded high levels of acceptance. Under these conditions most users were willing to wear the body-worn sensor for more than 20 h a day. This study is a first step to generate research based user-orientated design criteria’s for biomedical sensors.

【 授权许可】

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