Title :

How to Connect Conductive Flexible Textile Tracks to Skin Electrocardiography Electrodes and Protect Them Against Washing

Author(s) :

Ankhili, Amale [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Zaman, Shahood Uz [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Tao, Xuyuan [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Cochrane, Cédric [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Koncar, Vladan [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Coulon, David [Auteur]

Journal title :

IEEE Sensors Journal

Abbreviated title :

IEEE Sens. J.

Volume number :

19

Pages :

11995-12002

Publisher :

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Publication date :

2019-08-29

ISSN :

1530-437X

English keyword(s) :

Conductive tracks
embroidered electrodes
ECG
encapsulation
washability

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

English abstract : [en]

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of lethal issues worldwide. The most effective way to combat these diseases is the real-time monitoring of the electrocardiogram (ECG) that reflects the electrical signals ...
Show more >Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of lethal issues worldwide. The most effective way to combat these diseases is the real-time monitoring of the electrocardiogram (ECG) that reflects the electrical signals generated by the heart cells. So far, the ECG is recorded by using the cutaneous conventional medical electrodes (Ag/AgCl). These electrodes are not adapted for long-term use as they are not fully integrated into underwear and generally can provoke skin irritation, because of the ionic gel that serves to reduce the impedance of the electrode/ skin interface. The first part of this paper concerns the design and realization by embroidery of three different patterns of conductive tracks that could be adopted as connection lines between an electronic module and ECG electrodes. In order to make these conductive tracks washable, two encapsulation methods have been investigated. The reliability of the developed conductive tracks and encapsulation methods has been analyzed. The second part of this study is focused on the development of washable embroidered ECG bands operating without any ionic gel as alternatives to medical electrodes (Ag/AgCl). The acquisition of ECG signals has been carried out on 3 female and 6 male healthy subjects aged between 25 and 55 years. In the last stage of this paper, we explore the ECG signal in static condition, the spectral power density of the ECG signal, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ECG electrodes before and after 50 washing cycles.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSAIT
Junia HEI

Collections :

• Génie des matériaux textiles (GEMTEX) - ULR 2641

Submission date :

2023-06-20T11:24:29Z
2024-03-14T09:08:18Z