Characteristics Analysis of Battery Used in Equipment for Monitoring and Remote Transmission of Vital Human Parameters

Nowadays, the use of remote monitoring and transmission of vital parameters became extremely common, because these systems reduce the degree of risk among ill people and provide an additional time necessary for the intervention teams - in case of emergency action. Generally, these devices monitor and transmit data as values of blood pressure and the heart rate. This equipment permanently worn by the ill people have as sources of electric energy supply batteries or accumulators. The behavior of batteries and the parameters measurement for different operating states are defined as particularly important analyses, especially in terms of voltage and time. In this article we have analyzed two types of batteries (Lithium-Ion and Nickel-Metal Hydride) with different characteristics, using a monitoring device that measures the depth of discharge (DOD) while under load in our biomedical system. The battery characterizations were made while the system was operating measuring the body signs and transmitting the data.