A Non-invasive Wireless Monitoring Device for Children and Infants in Pre-Hospital and Acute Hospital Environments

This paper describes the design and development of a wireless monitoring system for use within a pediatric environment. The current wired methods used to provide non-invasive sensing are not best suited to their end user, and there is a development need for platform independent data transmission. The main goal has been to develop a practical and flexible proof-of-concept prototype suitable for the transmission of sensor data. This prototype consists of an Arduino based multi-input sensor system with wireless transmission, and an Android monitoring station with the facility to rebroadcast the collected data via email/web as a data file. This was achieved using commercially available hardware platforms. The software produced for the Android device allows for full control of the functionality provided by the sensor platform developed on the Arduino system, as well as storing the data within a relational database. The data can also be graphically represented in real-time on the Android device.