Smart shield for covid protection

Due to the critical situation of covid-19, there?s an ongoing shortage of PPE devices. Furthermore, it is important to cover the exposed areas of our body that are likely to catch the virus easily and cause an infection such as eyes, nose and mouth. This led to a requirement of full-face covering de

Project Title

Smart shield for covid protection

Project Area of Specialization

Wearables and Implantable

Project Summary

Due to the critical situation of covid-19, there’s an ongoing shortage of PPE devices. Furthermore, it is important to cover the exposed areas of our body that are likely to catch the virus easily and cause an infection such as eyes, nose and mouth. This led to a requirement of full-face covering devices like face shields. In addition to it, there’s a need of continuous monitoring for in-home covid-19 patients as well as those who are travelling because it is not feasible for them to carry multiple equipments for monitoring various parameters like temperature, Sp02 and heart rate. These are the main symptom-based parameters to be monitored in covid-19 patients. Our project will offer the extension of continuous monitoring from the hospital to the home for Covid-19 patients. Also, our studies will demonstrate the extent of this benefit with technologies that measure parameters directly related to the SARS-Cov-2 with clinical-grade accuracy. Hence, our project offers a combo of protection as well as continuous monitoring of covid-19 symptoms with sensors and modules fixed in a face shield. These will be monitoring body temperature, Heart rate and SpO2. While another special feature is the emergency alerts via a GSM module as well as location details of the patient with a GPS module thereby ensuring safety of a patient and society to a great extent.

Project Objectives

To construct an Electronic Face Shield that aims to provide protection against contagious viruses especially Covid-19, and also monitor the parameters that directly relates to this disease.

Project Implementation Method

The temperature sensor, SpO2 sensor, and heartrate sensor is attached on the Face Shield and they touch the forehead for taking the desired readings. These sensors are activated by arduino and they send the data to arduino which in turn sends this data to a bluetooth module to be displayed on a mobile application. With the usage of GSM module, emergency message alerts can be sent to the care taker while the location of the patient can be traced with the help of a GPS module. The controller of the entire circuit is arduino nano. The circuit is powered by a battery to make it wireless. This way physical barrier, continuous monitoring, location tracing and emergency alerts will ensure the safety of patients.

Benefits of the Project

Reduces the chance of crosstalk

One size fit most            

Washable

Breathable

Portable-anti droplets

Facial safe guarding

Anti microbial

Comfortable (easy to wear)

Wireless monitoring

Emergency alerts by SMS

Location tracing with GPS

Prevent inhalation of tiny particles

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

FACE SHIELD: provide facial protection.

Arduino Nano: act as a microcontroller.

DS18B20: Senses temperature of the body.

MAX30100: Senses spo2 of the body.

HeartRate sensor: senses heart rate of the body.

HC-05 bluetooth module: act as wireless communication channel.

GSM (sim900A): act as message sender for emergency alert

GPS (location tracer) : act as location tracer for emergency situations.

Batteries (9v): To power the arduino.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Medical

Other Industries

Education , Manufacturing , Health

Core Technology

Wearables and Implantables

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Required Resources

If you need this project, please contact me on contact@adikhanofficial.com