The rapid progress of wireless communication technology over the past decade has significantly enhanced quality of life. This trend has inevitably influenced the design of modern wearable healthcare devices, which enable patients to carry out daily activities with minimal restrictions while remaining under continuous monitoring of vital physiological signs. Leveraging ubiquitous wireless networks, wearable devices can be seamlessly integrated into cloud-based medical services, improving healthcare delivery. While wearable devices provide real-time surveillance, cloud platforms can analyze patient data in the background and alert physicians or caregivers to potential health risks. Such preventive measures help mitigate risks and reduce the associated medical costs.
Our lab specializes in both hardware and software development for wearable healthcare devices. We have established a flexible wearable device platform that employs microcontrollers running real-time operating systems as the embedded processing core. The platform supports multiple popular wireless standards such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee for data communication. Its multitasking capability greatly enhances onboard processing power. Furthermore, by decoupling application code from the underlying hardware infrastructure, the platform ensures easy portability of device applications across different hardware architectures with minimal effort.