Healthc Inform Res.  2010 Mar;16(1):30-35. 10.4258/hir.2010.16.1.30.

Electro-Mechanical Safety Testing of Portable ECG Devices for Home Healthcare Usage

• Kim JH
• Cho EJ
• Lee CK
• Park SK
• Lee BC
• Yoo SK

• KMID: 2166563
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2010.16.1.30

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This paper suggests the experimental guidelines to evaluate the electro-mechanical safety of belt type equipment. The electro-mechanical safety was determined by using the International Electrotechnical Commission guidelines, which are widely used as important factors for assessing the electro-mechanical safety of belt type equipment. However, the local guidelines on wearable healthcare sensors are currently not well-established. Therefore, safety guidelines suited for the actual circumstances in Korea are required, and this paper attempts to try a new experimental safety test procedure of the wearable healthcare sensor. METHODS: This belt type device measures the electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rates by attaching to the chest. Examination lists were selected by analyzing the common standards ofelectro-mechanical safety (IEC 60601-1) and environment tests (IEC 60068-1, IEC 60068-2) of home-healthcare equipment. RESULTS: The essential electrical safety, which was required for the RS300G3 as a medical device, was evaluated, and most of the examination lists were selected by considering the circumstances of the users. The device passed all the selected examinable lists that are applicable to the Korean environment. CONCLUSIONS: This study has limitations to estimate and to conduct electro-mechanical safety experiments because our study focused on the belt type of heart-rates equipment. We are not taking into account the overall electro-mechanical home-healthcare measurements. According to industrial and technological development, there are infinite possibilities for the advancement of home-healthcare equipment, so more examination lists for safety are being added in addition to what we have done.

Keyword

Electrochemical Techniques; Equipment Safety; Standards; Home-Healthcare Device; Electro Medical Device

MeSH Terms

Delivery of Health Care
Electrocardiography
Electrochemical Techniques
Equipment Safety
Heart Rate
Korea
Thorax

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  Figure 1 System configuration.

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  Figure 2 Two point five millimeter probe and test shot.

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  Figure 3 Motion of free fall test.

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