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A Common Interface for Bluetooth-based Health Monitoring

Devices
Abstract
Smart health care, that measures users living conditions and health status using small
sensing devices and collecting their data over a network under daily life, is expected as a new
trend. It is getting paid more attention along with the increase of demands of preventive care.
Bluetooth-based health equipmentmanufacturers often use proprietary data structures and
protocols. Monitoring a particular disease typically requires to keep track of multiple vital
parameters, often measured by many independent devices.
In practice, these devices are provided by different vendors, which cause the need to
use separate, dedicated software to exchange data. Therefore, there is a need for a common
interface for Bluetooth-based health monitoring equipment. In order to enable unified control
over various sensors, we developed an adapter service for Android based mobile devices. It
provides a secure protocol, based on JSON and HTTPS, which relays the measurements from
the sensors to a central medical server. Collected data records can be exported to the HL7
standard, which facilitates cooperation with existing services.
Our medical data exchange interface was tested on various Android-based
smartphones, from the most popular vendors. The experimental setup involved several
monitors and temperature Sensors ,ECG Sensors, LCD screen, Bluetooth interface, a sound
buzzer all controlled by a single microcontroller core. Thedescribed solution allows for multiple,
concurrent connections with several medical devices. It eliminates the need to use independent
software for each of the sensors.
Introduction
Preventive care in daily life has become more important against the increase in medical
costs associated with the aging and the increase in lifestyle-related diseases. Bluetooth-based

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health monitoring, that is measuring user's living conditions and health status using small
sensing devices and collecting their data over a network under daily life, can be expected as a
new trend along with an increase of demands of preventive care. The technologies of low
power LSI, wireless communications and small vital sensors have been rapidly advanced. It
implies that the time to market of a wearable vital monitoring device has been certainly
reducing. This device could be an effective tool for realizing a smart health care world where
people can enjoy a safe and healthy life with unconscious medical ICT support.
Continuous monitoring of health parameters is important for disease management, and
may be critical for the chronically ill. The major motivation for considering the proposed
concept and solutions is the existence of a large number of health-monitoring equipment
manufacturers, and even more different models of their devices. Lack of compatibility with the
standards, partially caused by their late introduction, leads to serious integration challenges, as
the vendors needed to define data structures within the transmitted packets. Consequently, it
is necessary to use proprietary software to exchange data with other devices, e.g., personal
computers .Since monitoring a particular disease typically requires keeping track of parameters,
measured by several independent sensors, and there is a need for a common data exchange
interface for Bluetooth-based health monitoring devices.The proposed interface is designed as
a part of a system for continuous health monitoring. The system integrates medical records
entered by end-users (results of measurements, personal subjective assessment of the
symptoms) and results generated by the sensors health monitoring devices. All of the
collected data records may be exported in the HL7 data format.
Working Principle
Bluetooth-based health monitoring systems integrated into a telemedicine system are novel
information technology that will be able to support early detection of abnormal conditions and
prevention of its serious consequences. Many patients can benefit from continuous ambulatory

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monitoring as a part of a diagnostic procedure, optimal maintenance of a chronic condition or during

supervised recovery from an acute event or surgical procedure.
Wireless Systems and Mobile Platform is used to create a home based patient monitoring
system that can be the future of the coming health care services. In this the system consists of the
various smart sensors and advance technologies. In this system the wearable device wore by the patient
have various smart sensors such as temperature sensor, heart rate sensor etc that measures the health
condition and simultaneously reports the microcontroller.
Important limitations for wider acceptance of the existing systems for continuous monitoring are:

Unwieldy wires between sensors and a processing unit,

Lack of system integration of individual sensors,

Interference on a wireless communication channel shared by multiple devices, and

Nonexistent support for massive data collection and knowledge discovery.

The values extracted by the wearable device is been collected by the microcontrol ler which

monitors the health condition. If any critical condition occurs the microcontroller transmits a message to
the Bluetooth device that had got connected to this system wirelessly from there we can transmit this to
some intended person wirelessly.

Hardware Requirement

MICROCONTROLLER : AT89S52

POWER SUPPLY : 5V-12V

SENSORS: TEMPREATURE SENSOR (LM35), HEART RATE SENSOR.

Bluetooth Device.

Software Requirement
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Embedded C

Proload

Proteus

KEIL IDE

Eclipse

Java Development Toolkit(JDK7)

Android Software Development Toolkit(SDK)

Advantages

Reduces the need of Caretakers.

Cuts the cost of extra Health Care Services.

Integrates a lot of sensors.

Time saving.

Continuous and efficient monitoring.

Low cost and high coverage

Secure transmission solution

Easy to interfacing medical instrument to computer

Disadvantages

Battery consumption is more due to simultaneous data transfer.

Bluetooth range is small.

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Applications

Can be used for monitoring an elderly or a disabled person from a distant location.

Architecture can be expanded to monitor other vital signs like Oxygen saturation or any
other interested parameter.

Monitoring and control platforms

Electronic medical record systems

Bio-medical applications

Database management systems

Block Diagram

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Transformer

Rectifier

Regulator

Filter

LCD

CRYSTAL
11.0592
C-AT89S52

ADC

RX
RS 232

Bluetooth
Module

MAX
232

TX

Monitoring System

Android Mobile

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Temperature
sensor

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