IoT and CPS applications based on wearable devices. A case study: Monitoring of elderly and infirm patients

Abstract

After briefly discussing the loT and Cyber physical device main features, the application of wearable devices was examined. The constrains of this class of application are in the greatest interest of the researchers and enterprises for the interested in many possible uses of it. The Apulia Region has issued a call for proposals for “Innonetwork sostegno alle attività di R&S per lo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie sostenibili, di nuovi prodotti e servizi” by requesting innovative projects in the field of medical monitoring. The paper focuses on the defining of some guidelines for a possible application of a wearable devices, with sensor and internet connections suitable for monitoring of elderly and infirm peoples also in the remote follow-up phase. The issue of monitoring long-term care patients introduces an array of technical challenges in designing systems and algorithms.