An examination of wearable technology in the field biomedical engineering: A review

Kumud Kant Awasthi; Mukul Bhatt; Naveen Kumar Rajendran; Akhilendra Pratap Singh; Pratibha Sharma

doi:10.31893/multirev.2023ss074

Keywords:

Biomedical Engineering

Wearable Devices

Physiological Parameters

Monitoring

Healthcare

Abstract

A wearable device is a piece of technology that can be worn on the body, designed to be portable, lightweight and equipped with various sensors or features for specific functions. As a game-changer in the field of biomedical engineering, wearable technology provides innovative approaches to illness management, individualized healthcare and health monitoring. This review looks at wearable technology as it stands in the field of biomedical engineering, emphasizing its uses, difficulties and potential. The research examines a wide variety of wearable wireless biosensors, sensor patches, wristwatches, wearable face masks and multi-sensor smart clothing, emphasizing their potential to measure physiological parameters, including blood pressure, heart rate and sleep patterns. This study demonstrates the need for intelligent wearable devices for high-quality signal capture, processing and continuous monitoring of critical parameters. The creation of smart wearables that meet the specified design standards enables the creator of a wearable with reduced power consumption that can be used to monitor the health of patients. This study offers a thorough analysis of wearable technology's present state, obstacles and potential applications in the field of biomedical engineering. It will be of great use to investigators, medical professionals and developers of technology.
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Awasthi, K. K., Bhatt, M., Rajendran, N. K., Singh, A. P., & Sharma, P. (2024). An examination of wearable technology in the field biomedical engineering: A review. Multidisciplinary Reviews, 6, 2023ss074. https://doi.org/10.31893/multirev.2023ss074

[1] Ahsan, M., Teay, S. H., Sayem, A. S. M., & Albarbar, A. (2022). Smart clothing framework for health monitoring applications. Signals, 3(1), 113.

[2] Avellar, L., Stefano Filho, C., Delgado, G., Frizera, A., Rocon, E., & Leal-Junior, A. (2022). AI-enabled photonic smart garment for movement analysis. Scientific reports, 12(1), 4067. 10.1038/s41598-022-08048-9

[3] Chakraborty, A., Alexander, S., Luo, W., Al‐Salam, N., Van Oirschot, M., Ranganath, S. H., ... & Paul, A. (2023). Engineering multifunctional adhesive hydrogel patches for biomedical applications. Interdisciplinary Medicine, 1(4), e20230008. 10.1002/INMD.20230008

[4] Chen, K., Ren, J., Chen, C., Xu, W., & Zhang, S. (2020). Safety and effectiveness evaluation of flexible electronic materials for next generation wearable and implantable medical devices. Nano Today, 35, 100939. 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100939

[5] Cheng, Y., Wang, K., Xu, H., Li, T., Jin, Q., & Cui, D. (2021). Recent developments in sensors for wearable device applications. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 413(24), 6037-6057.10.1007/s00216-021-03602-2

[6] Cicha, I., Priefer, R., Severino, P., Souto, E. B., & Jain, S. (2022). Biosensor-Integrated Drug Delivery Systems as New Materials for Biomedical Applications. Biomolecules, 12(9), 1198. 10.3390/biom12091198

[7] Di Rienzo, F., Virdis, A., Vallati, C., Carbonaro, N., & Tognetti, A. (2020). Evaluation of NFC-enabled devices for heterogeneous wearable biomedical application. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, 4(4), 373-383. 10.1109/JRFID.2020.3003986

[8] Erdem, A., Eksin, E., Senturk, H., Yildiz, E., & Maral, M. (2023). Recent developments in wearable biosensors for healthcare and biomedical applications. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 117510. 10.1016/j.trac.2023.117510

[9] Ganesan, A., Paul, A., Nagabushnam, G., & Gul, M. J. J. (2021). Human-in-the-loop predictive analytics using statistical learning. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021.

[10] Guk, K., Han, G., Lim, J., Jeong, K., Kang, T., Lim, E. K., & Jung, J. (2019). Evolution of wearable devices with real-time disease monitoring for personalized healthcare. Nanomaterials, 9(6), 813. 10.3390/nano9060813

[11] Hasan, M. N., Sahlan, S., Osman, K., & Mohamed Ali, M. S. (2021). Energy harvesters for wearable electronics and biomedical devices. Advanced Materials Technologies, 6(3), 2000771. 10.1002/admt.202000771

[12] Hua, J., Li, J., Jiang, Y., Xie, S., Shi, Y., & Pan, L. (2022). Skin-Attachable Sensors for Biomedical Applications. Biomedical Materials & Devices, 1-13. 10.1007/s44174-022-00018-z

[13] Hyysalo, J., Dasanayake, S., Hannu, J., Schuss, C., Rajanen, M., Leppänen, T., ... & Sauvola, J. (2022). Smart mask–Wearable IoT solution for improved protection and personal health. Internet of things, 18, 100511. 10.1016/j.iot.2022.100511

[14] Iqbal, S. M., Mahgoub, I., Du, E., Leavitt, M. A., & Asghar, W. (2021). Advances in healthcare wearable devices. NPJ Flexible Electronics, 5(1), 9. L 10.1038/s41528-021-00107-x

[15] Javaid, M., Haleem, A., Singh, R. P., & Suman, R. (2023). Sustaining the healthcare systems through the conceptual of biomedical engineering: A study with recent and future potentials. Biomedical Technology, 1, 39-47. 10.1016/j.bmt.2022.11.004

[16] Kheirkhahan, M., Nair, S., Davoudi, A., Rashidi, P., Wanigatunga, A. A., Corbett, D. B., ...& Ranka, S. (2019). A smartwatch-based framework for real-time and online assessment and mobility monitoring. Journal of biomedical informatics, 89, 29-40. 10.1016/j.jbi.2018.11.003

[17] Koydemir, H. C., & Ozcan, A. (2018). Wearable and implantable sensors for biomedical applications. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 11, 127-146. 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061417-125956

[18] Mäkynen, M., Ng, G. A., Li, X., & Schlindwein, F. S. (2022). Wearable devices combined with artificial intelligence—A future technology for atrial fibrillation detection?. Sensors, 22(22), 8588.10.3390/s22228588

[19] Massaroni, C., Di Tocco, J., Bravi, M., Carnevale, A., Presti, D. L., Sabbadini, R., ... & Schena, E. (2019). Respiratory monitoring during physical activities with a multi-sensor smart garment and related algorithms. IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(4), 2173-2180. 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2949608

[20] Mirtaheri, E., & Li, C. Z. (2019). Wearable biomedical devices: state of the art, challenges, and future perspectives. The Electrochemical Society Interface, 28(3), 71.10.1149/2.F10193IF

[21] Montesinos, L., Santos-Diaz, A., Salinas-Navarro, D. E., & Cendejas-Zaragoza, L. (2022). Experiential Learning in Biomedical Engineering Education Using Wearable Devices: A Case Study in a Biomedical Signals and Systems Analysis Course. Education Sciences, 12(9). 10.3390/educsci12090598

[22] Mousavi, S. M., Low, F. W., Hashemi, S. A., Lai, C. W., Ghasemi, Y., Soroshnia, S., ... & Tiong, S. K. (2020). Development of graphene based nanocomposites towards medical and biological applications. Artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology, 48(1), 1189-1205. 10.1080/21691401.2020.1817052

[23] Pham, S., Yeap, D., Escalera, G., Basu, R., Wu, X., Kenyon, N. J., ... & Davis, C. E. (2020). Wearable sensor system to monitor physical activity and the physiological effects of heat exposure. Sensors, 20(3), 855.

[24] Pirbhulal, S., Wu, W., & Li, G. (2018, November). A biometric security model for wearable healthcare. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), 136-143. IEEE. 10.1109/ICDMW.2018.00026

[25] Seçkin, M., Seçkin, A. Ç., & Gençer, Ç. (2023). Biomedical sensors and applications of wearable technologies on arm and hand. Biomedical Materials & Devices, 1(1), 443-455. 10.1007/s44174-022-00002-7

[26] Smida, A., Iqbal, A., Alazemi, A. J., Waly, M. I., Ghayoula, R., & Kim, S. (2020). Wideband wearable antenna for biomedical telemetry applications. IEEE Access, 8, 15687-15694. 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2967413

[27] Vijayan, V., Connolly, J. P., Condell, J., McKelvey, N., & Gardiner, P. (2021). Review of wearable devices and data collection considerations for connected health. Sensors, 21(16), 5589.

[28] Vos, G., Trinh, K., Sarnyai, Z., & Azghadi, M. R. (2023). Ensemble machine learning model trained on a new synthesized dataset generalizes well for stress prediction using wearable devices. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 148, 104556. 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104556

[29] Wang, M., Yang, Y., Min, J., Song, Y., Tu, J., Mukasa, D., ... & Gao, W. (2022). A wearable electrochemical biosensor for the monitoring of metabolites and nutrients. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 6(11), 1225-1235. 10.1038/s41551-022-00916-z

[30] Yousri, R., Elbayoumi, M., Moawad, A., Darweesh, M. S., & Soltan, A. (2021, December). A novel power-aware task scheduling for energy harvesting-based wearable biomedical devices using fpa. In 2021 International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM), 110-115. IEEE.10.1109/ICM52667.2021.9664945

[31] Zhao, Z., Liu, K., Liu, Y., Guo, Y., & Liu, Y. (2022). Intrinsically flexible displays: Key materials and devices. National Science Review, 9(6), nwac090.

[32] Zhong, J., Li, Z., Takakuwa, M., Inoue, D., Hashizume, D., Jiang, Z., ... & Someya, T. (2022). Smart face mask based on an ultrathin pressure sensor for wireless monitoring of breath conditions. Advanced Materials, 34(6), 2107758. 10.1002/adma.202107758

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