MyHeart

– Fighting Cardiovascular Diseases

by Prevention and Early Diagnosis
Harald Reiter
Concertation WS on Smart Fabrics & Interactive Textiles
MyHeart
Aim: Fighting cardiovascular diseases
by prevention and early diagnosis
Technologies: Smart clothes, sensors,
on-body electronics, software,
user devices, professional platform
EU IST E-health (6th framework)
• Start: 31.12.2003
• Duration: 60 months
• Partners: 33 (10 countries)
• Total manpower: ~75 people
• Total budget: ~33 M€
• EC-funding: ~16 M€
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 MyHeart Scope

preventative healthy living Health condition spectrum living with chronic condition

Staying Healthy Post Chronically Ill

Healthy at Risk Event (AF, CHF,..)

Activity Take Neuro Heart Failure

Coach Care Rehab Management

Connected healthcare solutions

On body monitoring combined with feedback and interaction to various stakeholders
Empowering health & well-being over time
Supporting care beyond the hospital
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MyHeart outlook
• Technical work packages delivered prototypes to each
product concept in December 2006
• Technical objectives of MyHeart achieved
• Demonstration systems of the 4 product concepts
operational and in user testing and concept validation
• Heart failure management concept will get 200 prototypes
for a 1-year clinical trial

Î Smart textiles provide high potential as technology carriers

in medical applications

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Philips Design
When design meets functionality

Beyond working prototypes

Look & Feel
fittings on models
• real people
• correct body shape
• size
to understand the ease of use, comfort
and fit of the garments

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Different solutions for individual target groups
For elderly people: comfort and ease of use

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Different solutions for individual target groups
For elderly people: comfort and ease of use

USB
connector
Power
plug

washable
connector
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Sleep improvement

Foam layer for bedfoil

Textile ECG industrialized

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SWOT analysis of developed technology

• Strength
– Integration in daily life
• Weakness
– Complexity, maturity of industrialization
• Opportunities
– Enabling reliable self-measurements @ home
• Threats
– Acceptance due to usability

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Major technical challenges for textile solutions
In MyHeart we did research on the complete textile chain
(fibers, yarns, fabrics, design) to address textile challenges:

• Textile electrodes
– Skin-electrode contact
– Size, positions, structure, ......

• Washable connector to on-body electronics

• Interconnect between electrode and connector

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Conductive Elastic Yarn for cabling:
by Zimmermann and Rent-a-Scientist

Elastic core

Insulating yarn
Metal wires

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Standard and Testing Certification

Example from MyHeart validation Æ

Heartfailure Management

• Medical applications
– validation and compliance to medical standards required
– Medical device certification EU 60601
• Electronic devices Æ class 2
• Textiles and garments Æclass 1

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 Harness
System for Vital Body Sign

Weight

Heart rate
Frequency

Daily

At night
Technology

Scale

Bed
Information

Weight gain / loss

HR at rest
Daily
measurements

Heart failure
1-lead ECG Daily Shirt / CardioBelt Arrhythmias (AF,...)
During exercise HR, exercise capacity

Respiration At night Shirt / CardioBelt BR at rest

During exercise Exercise capacity

Activity At night Bed Sleep quality

During exercise Shirt / Cardio Belt Exercise capacity

concept
Blood pressure Daily Cuff Diastolic / systolic BP,
HR

Bio-impedance Daily Shirt / Glued electr. Fluid retention

testing PDA

200 patients Weight

Duration
1year ICD Web Portal

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70000 daily
measurements
70000 measurements at
night Nightly Monitoring
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