Design and Implementation of an Embedded Remote ECG Measurement System

Since an embedded circuit board is lower in cost, smaller in size, and lower in power consumption than a PC. In this paper, we use an integrated embedded circuit board instead of using a PC and interface circuit board with our system, which can provide the ECG measurement of a patient who is outside of a hospital. The collected medical information through computer networks will be stored in the medical information databases for accessing by the medical doctors, nurse, and other related health professionals. Our design integrates several modules such as, an embedded circuit board, a database, a Web server, wireless or Internet transmission, and remote user devices. Overall, our sysstem can transmit the heart beat-rate, body temperaturre and electrocardiogram to the medical information database from a remote site.