SolunumWear: A Smart Textile System for Dynamic Respiration Monitoring Across Various Postures

Overview

Journal iScience

Publisher Cell Press

Date 2024 Jul 23

PMID 39040071

Authors

Gozde Cay

Dhaval Solanki

Md Abdullah Al Rumon

Vignesh Ravichandran

Kofoworola Omotolani Fapohunda

Kunal Mankodiya

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Abstract

We introduce SolunumWear, a multi-sensory e-textile system designed for respiration in daily life settings, addressing the gap in continuous, real-world respiration event monitoring. Leveraging a textile pressure sensor belt to capture chest movements and a wireless data acquisition system, SolunumWear offers a promising solution for both medical and wellness applications. The system's efficacy was evaluated through a human study involving 10 healthy adults (six female and four male) across various breathing rates and postures, demonstrating a strong correlation (R value = 0.836) with the gold-standard system. The study highlights the system's computational and communication efficiencies, with latencies of approximately 4.84 s and 2.13 ms, respectively. These findings highlight the efficacy of SolunumWear as a wireless, wearable technology for respiration monitoring in daily settings. This research contributes to the expanding body of knowledge on smart textile-based health monitoring technologies, demonstrating its potential to provide reliable respiratory data in real-world environments.

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