IoT Based Contactless Respiration Monitoring System

Abstract

Continuous monitoring of respiration is very crucial for medical diagnosis and treatments. It is very useful to measure breathing rate and breathing activity since diseases like APNEA, the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Nowadays, breathing rate is monitored using impedance pneumography (IP) method, and polysomnography. Both these methods are connected that means respiration activity is monitored by connecting the electrodes to the body of the patient. These conventional methods also require constant monitoring of the doctor in front of the patient which is hectic. The traditional methods also fail in case of Parkinson patients, neonates, burn victims, people irritated to contact and especially in the time of viral diseases like COVID, the connected methods are totally not feasible to use. What we have developed is respiration monitoring contactlessly through infrared ultra-wide band radar technology. This technology enables us monitoring the respiration of the patient contactlessly by measuring the distance of patient lungs from the radar. Moreover, thatdata of the patient (respiration signals and respiration rate) will be available to the remote doctor anytime anywhere through real time cloud technology. the doctor can be connected to his patient just through his cell phone. The doctor will be informed instantly in case of any emergency.