Abnormal breathing can be a symptom of unhealthy status, but conventional diagnostic exams involve cumbersome and intrusive instrumentation. Wireless wearable technologies may hence provide an attractive alternative, but state-of-the-art solutions are generally bulky, include complex electronics, and require a local power source to communicate by using a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) interface. Epidermal battery-less devices enabled by Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology are instead gaining increasing interest. Indeed, data sensing and transmission become fully wireless, and the electronic complexity can be kept small thanks to new generation RFID Integrated Circuits (ICs) that are provided with built-in sensors. In particular, this paper will focus on the latest advancements in the field of RFID breath sensor-devices that wirelessly monitor respiration by measuring the temperature gradients of the air flowing through the airways. The main innovations span from improvements in the lightweight design of the devices and materials, the enhancement of the sensing capabilities by doubling the embedded sensors on the same device, and, most importantly, the thorough experimentation performed to assess the clinical meaningfulness of temperature breathing waveforms with respect to conventional clinical-grade flow-based methods.

Panunzio, N., Marrocco, G. (2022). RFID-based Respiration Monitoring using Temperature Sensing. In 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2022 (pp.117-120). 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/RFID-TA54958.2022.9924025].

RFID-based Respiration Monitoring using Temperature Sensing

Marrocco G.
2022-01-01

Abstract

Abnormal breathing can be a symptom of unhealthy status, but conventional diagnostic exams involve cumbersome and intrusive instrumentation. Wireless wearable technologies may hence provide an attractive alternative, but state-of-the-art solutions are generally bulky, include complex electronics, and require a local power source to communicate by using a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) interface. Epidermal battery-less devices enabled by Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology are instead gaining increasing interest. Indeed, data sensing and transmission become fully wireless, and the electronic complexity can be kept small thanks to new generation RFID Integrated Circuits (ICs) that are provided with built-in sensors. In particular, this paper will focus on the latest advancements in the field of RFID breath sensor-devices that wirelessly monitor respiration by measuring the temperature gradients of the air flowing through the airways. The main innovations span from improvements in the lightweight design of the devices and materials, the enhancement of the sensing capabilities by doubling the embedded sensors on the same device, and, most importantly, the thorough experimentation performed to assess the clinical meaningfulness of temperature breathing waveforms with respect to conventional clinical-grade flow-based methods.
12th IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2022
Regina Margherita Conference and Leisure Hotel, ita
2022
Rilevanza internazionale
2022
Settore ING-INF/02 - CAMPI ELETTROMAGNETICI
English
breathing
epidermal antenna
Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)
temperature sensor
wearable antenna
Intervento a convegno
Panunzio, N., Marrocco, G. (2022). RFID-based Respiration Monitoring using Temperature Sensing. In 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2022 (pp.117-120). 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/RFID-TA54958.2022.9924025].
Panunzio, N; Marrocco, G
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