Integration of near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth technology for medical data acquisition system
Mohd Fikry Abdul Karim, Rohaiza Muhamad · International Conference on Signal Processing · 2006
Medical Data Acquisition System is a new invention that helps an easy and efficient data management system in medical world. This wireless system could allow medical staff to monitor and update patient's database easily and will increase the productivity of medical staff. The system is invented to collect personal and medical data from patient, which is stored in the Smart Card given to each patient, using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that is embedded in Remote Unit. The data are transmitted from the Remote Unit to Base Unit over wireless communication. The data are stored in the Base Unit database. Bluetooth technology has been chosen to carry out the transmission process between Remote Unit and Base Unit. This study explains the Bluetooth programming implemented in the Linux operating system using BlueZ, Bluetooth protocol stack and libraries. The program for Medical Data Acquisition System is written in C language on Base Unit side and C++ implementation on Remote Unit side. This study shows an excellent result in every medical data acquisition test conducted.