Lifeguard--a personal physiological monitor for extreme environments

K Montgomery; C Mundt; G Thonier; A Tellier; U Udoh; V Barker; R Ricks; L Giovangrandi; P Davies; Y Cagle; J Swain; J Hines; G Kovacs

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403640

Lifeguard--a personal physiological monitor for extreme environments

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2004:2004:2192-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403640.

Authors

K Montgomery¹, C Mundt, G Thonier, A Tellier, U Udoh, V Barker, R Ricks, L Giovangrandi, P Davies, Y Cagle, J Swain, J Hines, G Kovacs

Affiliation

¹ National Center for Space Biological Technologies, Stanford University, CA, USA.

PMID: 17272160
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403640

Abstract

Monitoring vital signs in applications that require the subject to be mobile requires small, lightweight, and robust sensors and electronics. A body-worn system should be unobtrusive, noninvasive, and easy-to-use. It must be able to log vital signs data for several hours as well as transmit it on demand in real-time using secure wireless technologies. The NASA Ames Research Center (Astrobionics) and Stanford University (National Center for Space Biological Technologies) are currently developing a wearable physiological monitoring system for astronauts, called LifeGuard, that meets all of the above requirements and is also applicable to clinical, home-health monitoring, first responder and military applications.