A healthcare IoT prototype for responsive oxygen therapy treatment of COPD patients

Abstract

Our final design offers oxygen therapy patients an IoT enabled, adaptable and small form-factor device offering potential for automatic detection and agile response to oxygen saturation readings. Our key components are a photodiode sensor, algorithm processor and micro- controller providing the foundation for future development for FDA approval, machine-learning and analytics, and feedback-loop oxygen tank controller tracks. Our device is cutting-edge in its communications, power consumption and efficiency. We have gained an understanding of the effort required to design an IoT enabled solution in the healthcare space. Integrating hardware and software designs are an exercise to understand the inner workings of many systems used today. It is estimated that there will be about 50 billion IoT-enabled devices in the world by 2030 [22]. Technologists who understand the underlying systems will be able to make well-informed decisions about the future of the connected world.