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Yang, QP Abbasi, Saddedine 2012-03-15T09:31:14Z 2012-03-15T09:31:14Z 2008 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6294 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University. This study is about developing a non-invasive wearable health-monitoring system. The project aims to achieve miniaturisation as much as possible, using nanotechnology. The achieved results of the project are nothing but conceptual images of a convertible watch. The system is a non-invasive health measurement system. An important part of the study is researching the automation of blood pressure measurement by means of experiments which test the effect of exterior factors on blood pressure level. These experiments have been held to improve the automation and simplicity of BP measurements to establish a 24hr BP monitoring system. This study proposed a medical sensor that is part of the watch system, and that is most compatible with the elderly people product preferences in the UK. The “sensor strip” is in cm range, integrating a number of MEMS sensors, for the non-invasive detection of certain health aspects. The health aspects are chosen according to how close they are from the “health vital signs”, which are the first measurements executed by the doctor, if a patient is to visit him. An applied QFD study showed that the most suitable measurement technology to be used in the proposed sensor strip is the infrared technology. In addition to the sensor strip, EEG health detection is added, which is the reason why the watch is convertible. MEMS sensors, MEMS memory and an embedded processor are selected, since that this project also includes minimising the size of a device where the utilization of nanotechnology is vital. The final result of the study is only a conceptual design of a product with a carefully selected subsystems. The software design of the product will not be further developed to become a physical prototype of a consumer product. Submitted by Otue Ekong (lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2012-03-15T09:30:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 3242674 bytes, checksum: 99c9fb977853ca225d82875028157231 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Otue Ekong(lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2012-03-15T09:31:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 3242674 bytes, checksum: 99c9fb977853ca225d82875028157231 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-15T09:31:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 3242674 bytes, checksum: 99c9fb977853ca225d82875028157231 (MD5) en Brunel University School of Engineering and Design PhD Theses http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/6294/1/FulltextThesis.pdf QFD Quality function development Acoustic emission CMOS technology Blood pressure equipments Piezoelectric Technology Critical evaluation and novel design of a non-invasive and wearable health monitoring system Thesis