A cardiac patient training companion

Abstract

Emerging biomedical transducers combined with technologies such as radio frequency identification, mobile cellular radio and global positioning systems are about to change the revalidation process of patients that recover from a heart attack or that have excessive fat. This paper explores how, by using these technologies, a training companion can be designed that allows these patients to become nomadic without the stress of a dedicated and costly revalidation environment. An additional advantage of such a solution is that the patient can return earlier to his known home environment.