Health monitoring system for protecting elderly people

A growing number of elderly people in Poland and Europe forces us to look for new solutions for the continuous monitoring of their health state. This approach allows an early action in case of dangerous situations for elderly persons' life (state before a heart attack or a stroke, etc.). The system for continuously monitoring the health state also allows a quick action of first contact doctors in the case of emergency situations. That described system also allows the remotely monitoring of elderly people in their homes by their relatives. The monitoring system is portable, comfortable to use and uses non-invasive measurement methods. That kind of clothing is a fully user-friendly product. The textronics system is a new product for monitoring selected human physiological parameters such as: pulse, frequency of breathing, underclothing temperature, positioning inside and outside the house. Textile sensory elements and signal lines are implemented in the structure of the clothing and that is a main innovation of that kind of systems. System of a textile sensor is part of a garment, the monitoring system is fully portable, easy for using, does not require specialized medical services. Furthermore, measurement of physiological parameters is non-invasive which means that does not interfere directly in the human body. The system is completely safe, because it is supplied by a miniature battery such as the ones that are used in mobile phones. The combination of textile clothing interface with specialized software for data acquisition and generation of alarm signals provides a continuous overview of the health status of the monitored person.