Prototype Design of Portable ECG Device

Edward Q. de Guzman, Ann Janelle B. de Vera, and Aileen Tomas, “Prototype Design of Portable ECG Device”. Unpublished Study for the degree Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation, March 2015 The aim of this study is to provide low cost solutions to the problems encountered nowadays, this device enhance their ability to monitor their own heart rate. The ECG is one of the medical equipment that can measure the heart rate, convert it into a signal and present the data on a piece of paper or on a monitor. An ECG is a recording of the electrical activity on the body surface generated by the heart. ECG measurement information is collected by electrodes placed at designated locations on the body. It is the best way to measure and diagnose abnormal rhythms of the heart. The system takes the physical pulse input using sticking electrodes stuck to the right hip and left and right chest. This shall compromise of ECG probes which will feed the signal to an amplifying and filter circuit to obtain less noise display on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Hence, safety and ease of use are factors that are considered at every stage of the design. It is a challenge to the researchers on how they reject the noise. As for effectiveness of the device individuals were given evaluation sheets. This measures the accuracy, functionality and cost of the project study. The results of the evaluation denote the satisfactory for each measure. Strongly agree is the result of the conducted evaluation. Recommendations include the things to be done for the improvement of the project like using Zigbee transmitter to have wireless output and monitoring for more portability of the device.