Wearable real-time monitoring system based on fiber bragg grating pressure sensor for compression therapy applications

Abstract

Compression therapy is a simple physical approach to effectively increase blood flow activity of a target part of human body by strengthening vein support. However, there is few research study clearly elucidate a dynamic relationship between the excepted setting pressure and the received pressure while taking human factors account. This paper aims to adopt optical fiber pressure sensor in a pneumatic compression therapy device to detect the dynamic pressure applied on target tissues and to explore the relationship with pneumatic output. The preliminary results verify the feasibility of the research and provide theoretical basis for further work. This real time monitoring system would greatly improve the development of the compression treatment and highly support the personalized home care for health management and functional maintenance to improve the life quality of the relevant patients.