Smart Health Glove

Published Jun 25, 2022

Apache-2.0

150 hours to build

Intermediate

arduino

arduino-esp8266

The main idea is to develop a hand glove incorporating multiple sensors which measures the heart beat, oxygen level, body temperature and flexibility of the patients. The Hand Gloves can be used by senior citizen, Covid Patients etc., which monitors the patients health by using IoT Devices

Components Used
ESP8266 WiFi Module ESP8266 is a system on chip (SoC) which provides WIFI capability for embedded applications. This enables internet connectivity to embedded applications. ESP8266 modules are mostly used in Internet of Things(IoT) applications.	X 1
MAX30100 Pulse Oximeter and Heart-Rate Sensor MAX30100 is an integrated pulse oximetry and heart-rate monitor sensor solution.	X 1
Flex Sensor Flex Sensor	X 1
DS3231 RTC Module DS3231 RTC Module	X 1
SSD1306 OLED display OLED (Organic Graphic Display) display modules are compact and have high contrast pixels which make this display easily readable. They do not require backlight since the display creates its own light. Hence they consume less power. It is widely used in Smartphones, Digital display.	X 1
Connecting Wire Jumper Wires Connecting Wire Breadboard wires	X 1

Description

Introduction:

This glove measures health parameters like Beat per minute,blood oxygen level ,temperature,can be used as a medicine remainder,flexing value of hands,knee,..etc,.

Instead of regular check up for old people,pregnant women and children,this glove can be used because it upload the respective health values to IoT by Thingspeak (later we see about it briefly).

The components used are Arduino ESP-32(for online mode),Arduino UNO(for offline mode),Pulse oximeter,flex sensor,rtc module,OLED display,Buzzer,breadboard,connecting wires.

The steps we take to complete the project ,

Search for what type of sensors to used and microcontroller
taking individual sensor's code and output
connecting all sensor and combining their code.

The Problem Statement It Solves:

Elder people, pregnant women, and children with a heart problem should periodically monitor their health.So that they need to go hospital regularly and need to spend too much time and money.
Due to pandamic, people are affraid to go out.it would be very helpful in this situation.
In rural areas, they didn't have enough bus facilities and road facilities to go hospital for regular check-up.

Solution:

this method is non-invasive(without physical contact between doctor and patient)
the ESP-32 micro-controller,uploads the value to Thinkspeak website(Cloud) through Wi-Fi(IoT).
By this website a doctor or anyone can monitor the patient's health value and prescribe or suggest medicine.

Uses

Self monitoring
easily accessible(used) by all age people.

Mode of Operation:

In this glove,2 modes are available.

Offline Mode:

the health parameters of the patients are displayed in the OLED display.

Online Mode:

the values are available in the thingspeak platform(website).
the value are stored upto 30 days.
the day-to-day improvement of health can be viewed through graph,chart,..etc,.

Pulse-oximeter:

A pulse oximeter (pulse ox) is a noninvasive device that estimates the amount of oxygen in your blood.
it also measures temperature and Beats per minute(BPM).

Flex Sensor:

it can be placed in a body where there is a joint pain,bone sprain,etc,. by calculating flex value(amount of bending)
With the help of the graph in thinkspeak, one can monitor day-to-day improvement.

RTC module:

it displays date and time in OLED display.
it acts as a medicine remainder for the patient's who have to take regular tablets.
it indicates an alarm at respective time set by the user.

OLED Display:

It displays the health parameters in the screen.