System and method for monitoring and controlling a physiological condition
AssigneeUnited Arab Emirates University
InventorsBasma Nasser AlShawoosh, Mousa Hussein
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Abstract
There is provided a device, system and method for continuously monitoring a physiological condition such as diabetes in a body. The disclosed method comprises detecting a variation in capacitance value of a sensor coil when the sensor coil is placed in vicinity of the body and displaying the detected variation on a display unit, wherein the sensor coil has a fixed inductance value. The display unit is further integrated with a communication unit for communicating a monitored physiological condition in the body with an external communicating unit. The proposed device is non-invasive and in a form of a wearable.
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A non-invasive device for continuously monitoring a physiological condition in a body, the device comprising:
- a linear sensor coil wound on a non-magnetic core, wherein the linear sensor coil is configured to receive an input signal which travels through the linear sensor coil and is emitted as an output signal,
- an amplitude and phase comparator configured to compare a variation of the output signal to the input signal, wherein a microcontroller uses an output from the amplitude and phase comparator along with the input signal generated using a signal generator to determine a change in resonance frequency, and
- a display unit for displaying a final reading, wherein the final reading is obtained by converting the determined change in resonance frequency into a glucose standard format using the microcontroller,
- wherein the final reading is based on signal amplitude variation and a frequency shift related to phase variations between the input signal and the output signal of the linear sensor coil, and
- wherein resonance frequency of the linear sensor coil is initially measured for calibration without placing a test material next to the linear sensor coil.
A non-invasive method of continuously monitoring a physiological condition in a body, the non-invasive method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an input signal which travels through a linear sensor coil and is emitted as an output signal, wherein the linear sensor coil is wound on a non-magnetic core;
- measuring an amplitude and phase variation of the output signal from the linear sensor coil;
- wherein a microcontroller uses the measured amplitude and phase variation of the output signal along with the input signal generated using a signal generator for determining a change in resonance frequency;
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- displaying a final reading using a display unit, wherein the final reading is obtained by converting the determined change in resonance frequency into a glucose standard format using the microcontroller, wherein the final reading is based on signal amplitude variation and a frequency shift related to phase variations between the input signal and the output signal of the linear sensor coil, and
- wherein resonance frequency of the linear sensor coil is initially measured for calibration without placing a test material next to the linear sensor coil.
A system for continuously monitoring a physiological condition in a body, the system comprising:
- a sensor coil wound on a non-magnetic core for monitoring a parameter in blood and configured to receive an input signal which travels through the sensor coil and is emitted as an output signal,
- an amplitude and phase comparator configured to compare a variation of the output signal to the input signal,
- a microcontroller for determining a change in resonance frequency using an output from the amplitude and phase comparator along with the input signal generated using a signal generator,
- a display unit for displaying a final reading, wherein the final reading is obtained by converting the determined change in resonance frequency into a glucose standard format,
- wherein the microcontroller is in electrical communication with the sensor coil, amplitude and phase comparator and the display unit for converting the determined change in resonance frequency into a glucose standard format and for displaying the final reading on the display unit, wherein the change in the resonance the final reading is based on signal amplitude variation and a frequency shift related to phase variations between the input signal and the output signal of the linear sensor coil, and
- wherein resonance frequency of the linear sensor coil is initially measured for calibration without placing a test material next to the linear sensor coil.
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