Pulse: An unobtrusive vitals monitoring system based on innovative high sensitivity sensors

International audienceDisorders with a transient signature (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea, drowsy driving, sudden infant death syndrome, or atrial fibrillation) are difficult to predict. The Pulse system, including a matrix of unobtrusive strain sensors, was designed to extract four different vital parameters: actigraphy, Breath Frequency (BF), Heart Rate (HR), and Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Thanks to the high sensitivity of the innovative Nanomade strain sensors, it shows good performances (accuracy around 98.5% for HR/HRV and up to 96% for BF) in regard with the state of the art. Moreover, these sensors can easily be integrated into different equipment, are adaptive and low-cost