BIOTELEMETRY

Biotelemetry is the measurement of biological parameters over

a distance.
Biological parameters are such as:-
 Heart beats
 Blood pressure
 Blood flow
 Body temperature
 Sugar content of blood
 Respiration
 Amount of blood
 Blood types
 Patient conditions (alive or dead), etc.

There are many instances in which it is necessary to monitor physiological

events from a distance.

Typical applications of biotelemetry

 RF transmission for monitoring astronauts in space.
 Patient monitoring where freedom of movement is
desired,
such as in obtaining an exercise ECG(Electrocardiogram).
 Patient monitoring in ambulance and in other locations
away from the hospital.
 Collection of medical data from a home or office.
 Research on unrestrained or unanesthetized animals in
their natural habitat.
 Use of telephone links for transmission of ECG or other
medical data.
 Special internal techniques such as tracing acidity or
pressure through the gastrointestinal tract.
 Isolation of an electrically susceptible patient from power
line –operated ECG Equipment to protect him from
accidental shock.
These applications have indicated need for systems that
can adapt existing methods of measuring physiological
variables to a method of transmission of resulting data.

This is the branch of biomedical instrumentation known

as biomedical telemetry or biotelemetry.

The means of transmitting the data from the point of

generation to the point of reception can take many forms.

Perhaps the simplest application of the principle of

biotelemetry is the stethoscope where by heart beats are
amplified acoustically and transmitted through a hollow
tube system to be picked up by the ear of the physician for
interpretation.
Components of biotelemetry system
1. Amplifier
2. Oscillator
3. Power supply
4. ADC
5. DAC
6. Transducer
7. Processor
8.

1. Amplifier

2. Oscillator
3. Power supply

4. ADC

5. DAC

6. Transducer

7. Processor
8.