| Group |
2022-15 |
Status |
completed |
| Title |
Neurological Disorders Wearable Smart Device |
| Supervisor |
W. Lynch |
| Description |
The project would involve the delivering of a wireless wrist-worn medical monitoring device tailored towards patients suffering from neurological disorders, (notably Parkinson s disease, Epilepsy, and Alzheimer s disease). The device would help doctors and patient caretakers to better monitor the patient s condition and adjust treatment accordingly in a manner that best suits the patient s individual needs. The device would be able to wirelessly transmit data collected from onboard sensors (EMG, gyroscope, accelerometer, and GPS) using sampling rates determined by the group to a cloud-based database which hold the data acquired. The data collected can be viewed through an accompanying smartphone application, for which the data would be processed and presented to both patients and doctors in a user-friendly interface which would detail relevant information (ex: the occurrence, frequency, intensity of muscle-related spasms/tremors for patients with Epilepsy or Parkinson s, the location tracking of a lost Alzheimer patient or in case of medical emergency). Additionally, for simplicity, the user s wearable device will be charged wirelessly on a magnetic mount that can be plugged into an outlet rather than having to plug the wearable directly via USB port. Doctors would also have the added capability of using the app to interface with device settings/controls for personalized patient care. Doctors would have a higher tier administrative settings over a general caretakers or user accounts to have better overlook over the patient’s disorder and its progress. |
| Requirement |
SOEN 341 – Software Process and Practices, ELEC/COEN 390 Product Design Project, ELEC 311 – ELECTRONICS I, ELEC331 – Fundamentals of Electrical Power Engineering, COMP 353 – Databases, and software skills related to embedded systems (C/C++) and mobile application (Java), and PCB design. |
| Tools |
Hardware: 3D printer, gyroscope, accelerometer, EMG muscle sensor, GPS module (for geolocation) microcontroller, batteries, soldering kit, and multimeter. Software: Visual Studio, Android Studio, PCB Design Software, LTSpice, Solidworks for 3D design, a database server |
| Number of Students |
6 |
| Students |
R. Melhem, J. Riso, A. Morsella, K. Khalil, L. Bertacchi, S. Alalwani |
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