On implementing an unconventional infant vital signs monitor with passive RFID tags

Shrenik A. Vora; William M. Mongan; Endla K. Anday; Kapil R. Dandekar; Genevieve Dion; Adam K. Fontecchio; Timothy P. Kurzweg

doi:10.1109/RFID.2017.7945586

On implementing an unconventional infant vital signs monitor with passive RFID tags

Shrenik A. Vora
, William M. Mongan
, Endla K. Anday
, Kapil R. Dandekar
, Genevieve Dion
, Adam K. Fontecchio
, Timothy P. Kurzweg

School of Engineering (Behrend)

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Abstract

Enabling continuous and comfortable monitoring for newborn infants continues to remain a challenge. The circuitry and power required to monitor an infant's vital signs both with wired and wireless implementations are the main obstacles in realizing a seamless wearable infant monitor. In this paper, an unconventional battery-free and wireless infant heart and respiration rate monitor that uses passive RFID technology is proposed. Heart rate information is transmitted by turning an RFID tag on and off based on detection of heart beats and respiration rate is measured by monitoring the change in the received signal strength from the RFID tag due to respiratory activity. The system affords tremendous reduction in hardware and makes an integrated unobtrusive infant monitor possible. Such a monitor can contribute to reducing infant mortality by enabling continuous monitoring of potentially life threatening conditions like apnea and bradycardia.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	47-53
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509045761
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945586
State	Published - Jun 9 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017 - Phoenix, United States Duration: May 9 2017 → May 11 2017

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Name	2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	5/9/17 → 5/11/17

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Computer Networks and Communications
Signal Processing
Instrumentation

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Vora, S. A., Mongan, W. M., Anday, E. K., Dandekar, K. R., Dion, G., Fontecchio, A. K., & Kurzweg, T. P. (2017). On implementing an unconventional infant vital signs monitor with passive RFID tags. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017 (pp. 47-53). Article 7945586 (2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945586

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Vora, SA, Mongan, WM, Anday, EK, Dandekar, KR, Dion, G, Fontecchio, AK & Kurzweg, TP 2017, On implementing an unconventional infant vital signs monitor with passive RFID tags. in 2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017., 7945586, 2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 47-53, 2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017, Phoenix, United States, 5/9/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945586

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Vora SA, Mongan WM, Anday EK, Dandekar KR, Dion G, Fontecchio AK et al. On implementing an unconventional infant vital signs monitor with passive RFID tags. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 47-53. 7945586. (2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2017). doi: 10.1109/RFID.2017.7945586

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