Smart Textiles

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Smart Textiles

• Kelsey Kunkel
• BME 281
• Section 1
• October 10th, 2012

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Introduction

• Smart Textiles Wearable devices that allow the
  efficiency of gathering data with ease and
  accessibility by using biotelemetry and its
  applications.
• Biotelemetry is the process of measuring human
  physiological functions by a mean of separation.

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History

• Early 1990s MIT students started research on
  smart clothing for military use.
• Not wearable and very cumbersome to move around
  in.
• 1998 Beginning of the integration between
  fashion and technology most notably by Levi and
  Phillips Electronics.
• 2001-present Started to integrate medical uses
  into clothing.
• ZOLL LifeVest
• Life Shirt by Vivometrics

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Current Technology

• ZOLL LifeVest
• Wearable defibrillator
• If heart palpitations or an alarming rhythm
• of the heart is detected, the vest gives a signal
  to
• the patient.
• If the signal is not stopped by the patient, then
  the
• defibrillator gives off the conducting gel, then
  sending a
• shock to the patient.
• VivoMetrics LifeShirt
• Places ECG sensors on the body, which
• then the data is transmitted to the data
• recorder, which is then transmitted to the
  doctor.
• Sensatex Smart Shirt
• Developed by Georgia Institute of Technology
• T-shirt with a fiber grid data is then
  wirelessly
• transferred to a PDA with Bluetooth technology.

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Limitations of Current Technology

• Not waterproof
• Can it be worn in the water for continual use?
  Can it be worn in the rain?
• Cost
• Is it covered by insurance?
• If it is, are there additional costs that need to
  be covered?
• Calibrations
• Under FDA law, medical devices must go under
  calibration to pass government requirements.

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Future Technology

• Weather proof and waterproof systems
• Possibly smart textiles that can be worn outside
  the comfort of the home.
• Wireless transmitters that can collect data even
  outside 4G (Bluetooth) areas.
• Smart Textiles for children
• Commercialization
• Automatic calibrations
• Data can be sent to doctor via smart phone
  application or tablet application
• The doctor can collect data in real time.
• Integration of other fabric materials that could
  help improve versatility
• Yarn, spandex material for exercise clothing

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Works Cited

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