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An Ultra-Wearable, Wireless, Low Power ECG Monitoring System① Chulsung Park and Pai H. Chou University of California,Irvine, CA 92697-2625 USA Email: {chulsung, phchou}@uci.edu Ying Bai, Robert Matthews, and Andrew Hibbs Quantum Applied Science Research (QUASAR),Inc.5764 Pacific Center Blvd., Suite 107 San Diego, CA 92121, USA Abstract—Wearableel ectrocar diograph(ECG) monitoring systemstoday useelectrod esthatrequireskin preparationin advance,andrequire pastes or gels to make electrical contact to the skin. Moreover, they are not suitable for subjects at high levels of activity due to high noise spikes that can appear in the data. To address these problems, a new class of miniature, ultra low noise, capacitive sensor that does not require direct contact to the skin, and has comparable performance to gold standard ECG electrodes, has been developed. This paper presents a description and evaluation of a wireless version of a system based on these innovative ECG sensors. We use a wearable and ultra low power wireless sensor node called Eco. Experimental results show that the wireless interface will add minimal size and weight to the system while providing reliable, untethered operation. I. INTRODUCTION Electrocardiograph (ECG) is one of the most widely used biomedical sensing procedures to date. The heartbeat is the definitive indicator for a wide range of physiological conditions. Although ECG instruments were quite bulky, miniaturization in recent years has opened up brand new applications by enabling wearable versions to collect data in scenarios that were not possible before. A. Current ECG sensors Many wearable ECG systemshave been proposed to date. Virtually all of them use some form of electrodes that must make electrical contact with the subject’s skin surface. This necessitates the use of sticky pads, pastes or gel. While this method works for stationary patients, it suffers from several problems. First, the material used to construct the electrode or the p