Cure Performance and Effectiveness of Portable Smart Healthcare Wear System Using Electro-conductive Textiles

Currently, combined wearable technological devices and healthcare clothing have been developed smart clothing system and the application of high-tech devices in ubiquitous computing anytime-everywhere life. Also smart healthcare wear systems have advanced in measuring bio-signals and supporting physiological conditions which is the wearer being healthier and more comfortable. This paper aimed to develop smart healthcare wear system that good design, super-lightness, and easy-to-use for smart wearable healthcare system are the key in the development of E-textile related industrial medical wear system. Smart healthcare wear system (SHWS) was designed with a sensor and transmission line based on electro-conductive filament yarn and electro-conductive fabric WD-270-NiCo. Without an arm band and wireless transmission sensor was selected as a portable and diminutive SHWS which was combined TENS. The results of effectiveness of cure performances were as follows: the mean of subject's blood pressure was significantly decreased to the lower values of after-wearing SHWS than before-wearing the SHWS with TENS in the systolic pressure (p-value; .0001***, p<.001), as t-test using statistical analysis method (SAS 9.1). The results of this study can offer to be applied to the effective treatment of another patient, and contribute to the further development of the wearable medical clothing profession by providing a stepping stone for high-tech smart medical clothing system with E-textiles.