Fertility Information Appliance
CBMS '02 Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'02)
SAND: a modular application development platform for miniature wireless sensors
BSN '06 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks
Telos: enabling ultra-low power wireless research
IPSN '05 Proceedings of the 4th international symposium on Information processing in sensor networks
Eco: an ultra-compact low-power wireless sensor node for real-time motion monitoring
IPSN '05 Proceedings of the 4th international symposium on Information processing in sensor networks
Intra-body Temperature Monitoring Using a Biofeedback Solution
ETELEMED '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Second International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine
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Sensor nodes are small devices able to collect and retrieve sensorial data. The use of these sensors for medical purposes offers valuable contributions to improve patients' healthcare, both for diagnosis and therapeutics monitoring. An important and common parameter used on healthcare diagnosis is the body temperature. It is monitored on several matters related with gynecological and obstetrics issues but, usually it is measure at the skin surface. Then, this paper proposes the design concepts of a new intra-body sensor for long-term intra-vaginal temperature collection. The embedded IEEE 802.15.4 communication module allows the integration of this sensor in wireless sensor networks for remote data access and monitoring. It is presented the sensor architecture, the construction of the corresponding testbed, and its performance evaluation. This sensor may be used on several applications, including fertile and ovulation period detection, and preterm labor prevention.