The use of wearables for health and wellness monitoring is quickly growing. In the years gone by, wearable technology has become popular. For several years, wearables have offered elementary features like step count. Though, over time these features have grown to offer more cutting-edge physical measurements like heart electrical activity.
ECG monitoring is becoming one of the most striking health features of smartwatches. With CVD being one of the foremost reasons of worldwide deaths, the usage of smartwatches to monitor patients remotely could improve the care of heart injury.’
Dry Electrode challenges in EKG development
For detecting EKG, electrodes are needed on a device. This detection interface is a critical constituent in allowing the correctness that will be compulsory, but it can be difficult to implement, particularly with the use of dry electrodes.
When working at electrode stage of the cycle of EKG development, there are numerous challenges like physical design, electrode material choice, the characteristics of the skin location, aesthetic requirements as well as meeting the complete performance necessities of end device. On system level, some of these challenges can be lessened through intelligent signal conditioning algorithms, though, taking a holistic method and tackling all parts of the signal chain will guarantee a world class customer experience.
Some issues faced with electrodes are:
Electrode Skin Interface
Skin is the largest body organ, and is fabricated from numerous components. The epidermis, has a comparatively high impedance opposing the transfer of the EKG signal. In a wet electrode, this is lessened by the conductive electrolyte; in dry electrodes, sweat executes this function. The electrode alters this charge in sweat into electric charge that can be used by the device hardware.
Dry Electrode Mechanical Design
The EKG dry electrodes performance can be impacted by position, size, and surface finish. For a given material, dissimilar sizes and the body position can affect the contact with the skin and the subsequent signal can vary suggestively in quality. The finish of the surface can alter the contact mechanisms, and some coverings can even further obstruct the movement of the EKG signal.
A good amount of data can be collected with the help of wearable sensors for monitoring and recording real-time info about patients’ health. So, it is vital for managing and overcoming these issues to let better-quality sensor performance.
With the increase in technology in the medical industry, medical electrodes are high in demand worldwide.
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