HEALTHSONAR project is aiming to develop a device based on ultra-low energy radio (UWB) technology to monitor sleep, gate and main indoor activity including falls. All those aspects of daily life are very crucial for the Quality of Life of several group of people including elders, patients with sleep disorders, patients with Parkinson, Multiple sclerosis and other movement disorders. The device is able to monitor both “low” (thorax and abdomen motion for heart rate and respiration) and “high” (walking) motion based on different transmission settings. The device works as an IoT device transmitting the data directly to the HEALTHSONAR cloud application where personalized machine learning methods are used to analyses user’s sleep phases and disorders. It can also be connected to the HEALTHSONAR mobile app to transmit data in real time for monitoring physiological signals such as respiration and heart rate, gait or activity measures, providing feedback to users.
HealthSonar
HealthSonar: A system for monitoring sleep and healthy living with low energy radio technology
Category: National
Funding Agency: GNF - Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Programme: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE
Programme Nature: Health and Medicine
Coordinator: PD NEUROTECHNOLOGY
Start Date: 16.06.2020
Expiration Date: 15.12.2022
Duration: 30 months
Total Budget: 996489,50€
FORTH ICS Budget: 242490,00€
Partners: FORTH-IMBB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Patras, MED.I.S. Informatics, FORTH-ICS
Funding Agency: GNF - Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Programme: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE
Programme Nature: Health and Medicine
Coordinator: PD NEUROTECHNOLOGY
Start Date: 16.06.2020
Expiration Date: 15.12.2022
Duration: 30 months
Total Budget: 996489,50€
FORTH ICS Budget: 242490,00€
Partners: FORTH-IMBB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Patras, MED.I.S. Informatics, FORTH-ICS
Description:
Objectives:
The operation of the HealthSonar device is based on three levels:
- Very low power radio waves will detect both the movement of a body in space but also the very subtle movement of a body caused by functions like breathing and the heart function
- An intelligent unit will analyze the data and export sleep and gait parameters, and detect falls
- A mobile application (app) will connect to the HealthSonar device and manage/present system data.
HealthSonar aims to detect different types of movement such as micro-movements, medium-distance movements and longer-distance movements. Micro-movements at close range contribute to the study of respiration and heart rate on which sleep analysis is based.
Medium distance movements with good accuracy help in the study of gait based on clinical tests (Timed 25 feet, Walk feet) and free gait. Finally, longer distance movements with lower resolution provide data for the study of falls and activity when the user is in specific areas.
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