Monitoring the Health of Heart Failure Patients Using an Artificial Heart

The integration of technology into the healthcare system is emerging as a tool to support professionals in the treatment of Heart Failure (HF), and is based on an analysis of the scientific and technological progress of the Internet of Things, applied as an innovative perspective in Health 4.0. This article presents a study that proposes to develop an innovative prototype Left Ventricular Assist Device (artificial heart). The main focus is on advanced sensing, connectivity via mobile network and remote supervision support, aimed at the operation and diagnosis of patients affected by HF. The project incorporates advanced data collection, processing, and analysis tools using Big Data and Data Analytics concepts. The motivation for this work is the search for technological innovation as support for medical science and the contribution to the Unified Health System. The prototype includes a microcontroller, a heartbeat sensor, an accelerometer sensor to collect movement, acceleration and fall detection data, a mobile network module to transmit the data and create an electronic medical record. This article highlights the initial phase, which includes preliminary results such as configuring the module and components, collecting data using heartbeat and movement sensors, storing the data in MongoDB and visualizing it in Jupyter Notebook.