Intro
Preface
Contents
Medical Instrumentations
Device to Detect Acupuncture Points in the Feet Soles for Massage Treatment
1 Introduction
2 Related Works
3 Hardware Platform
3.1 Sensor Max30100
3.2 Vibration Motor
4 Acupressure Detection Method
4.1 Principle of Measuring SpO2
4.2 Algorithms for Acupuncture Points
5 Experimental Setup and Results
5.1 Experimental Setup
5.2 Accuracy Verification Methods
6 Conclusion
References
Wireless Heart Rate Monitoring Using Sound Sensor
1 Introduction
2 Background and Related Work

3 A Design for Wireless Heart Rate Monitoring
3.1 Doctor's Side for Monitoring the Heart Rate
3.2 Patient's Side with the Sound Sensor
3.3 Wireless RF Module for Communication
4 A Prototype for Heart Rate Monitoring
4.1 The Amplifier and the Sound Sensor
4.2 The MCU
4.3 The RF Module
5 Measurement Method
5.1 Scheme for Measuring the Heart Rate
5.2 Amplifying and Sampling the Sound of the Heart
5.3 Counting and Display the Heartbeat
6 Experimental Results
6.1 Experimental Setup
6.2 Result
7 Conclusion and Future Work
References

Equipment for Contact-Free Respiratory Measurement and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection
1 Introduction
2 Related Work
3 Hardware Platform
4 Respiratory Rate Counting and Sleep Apnea Detecting Method
4.1 Calculating Real Distance Values
4.2 Algorithms for Measuring Respiratory Rate and Detecting Sleep Apnea
5 Experimental Setup and Results
5.1 Experimental Setup
5.2 Results
6 Conclusion
References
Non-invasive Pressure Support Ventilator for Patients with Respiratory Failure in Under Resourced Regions
1 Introduction
2 General Description of the Device

3 Ventilator Components, Data Processing and Control
3.1 Blower
3.2 Pressure Transducers
3.3 Flow Measurement
3.4 Microcontroller
3.5 Operator Interface
3.6 Ventilator State Control
4 Suitability of the Ventilator for Low Resource Regions
5 Conclusions
References
Implementation of a Drum Collector for Electrospinning Machines Based on Embedded System
1 Introduction
1.1 The Artificial Approach to Cure Wound Healing
1.2 The Principal of Electrospinning Machines
2 Designing of a Drum Collector for the Electrospinning Machine Mechanical Design

2.1 Mechanical Design
2.2 Hardware Development
3 Methodology
4 Result of Experiment
4.1 Optimized Parameters
4.2 Morphology Analysis
4.3 Membranes Under SEM Image Observation
5 Conclusion
References
Development of a Low-Cost and Portable Real-Time PCR Machine for Developing Countries
1 Introduction
2 Related Works
3 Materials and Methods
3.1 Thermocycler
3.2 Optical System
3.3 Heat Lid
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Fluorescence Acquisition System
4.2 Temperature Control
4.3 Optical Setup
4.4 Real-Time PCR
5 Conclusions
References