Wealthy - Wearable Health Care System

A new concept in healthcare is emerging, aimed at fulfilling the need to continuously monitor the patient's vital signs through a ground-breaking woven sensing interface to be worn without any discomfort for the user. In our project, smart material in fiber and yarn form endowed with a wide range of electrophysical properties (conducting, piezoresistive, etc) will be integrated and used as basic elements. The simultaneous recording of vital signs allows parameters' extrapolation and inter-signal elaboration. This contributes to evaluate the patient's synoptic data table and to trigger alarm messages.

WEALTHY system will be implemented by integrating computing techniques, smart sensors, portable devices and telecommunications, together with local intelligence and a decision support system. The proposed system will assist patients during rehabilitation or subjects working in extreme stressful environment conditions, ensure continuous intelligent monitoring.