A light-weighted, Low-cost and Wireless ECG Monitor Design based on TinyOS Operating System

Due to the recent active research activities in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSN), the development and realization of a light-weighted, low-cost and wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor has become feasible. In this paper, we propose an ECG monitor design based on a commercially available WSN device. The device utilizes 868 MHz ISM license free frequency band and operates on TinyOS operating system. The ECG signal from patients is detected and radioed to a PC for monitoring. This paper validates our approach and suggests the feasibility of future enhancements.