Respiration (RIP)

This high-performance inductive respiration sensor has been specifically designed having dynamic conditions in mind (e.g. ambulatory sensing). The sensing element is embedded in the chest strap fabric and spans its full length.

The elastic chest-belt can be adjusted in length to be applicable on different anatomies (e.g. male and/or female), body loca- tions (e.g. thorax and/or abdomen), and thorax/abdomen circumferences. Typical applications of this sensor include respira- tion monitoring to determine respiration cycles, rates, relative amplitudes, and other features.

Unlike our affordable piezoelectric (PZT) sensor (which only measures the displacement in a localized manner), the RIP option measures the overall displacement of the thorax or abdomen, making it more immune to motion-induced artifacts.

Together with the Respiration Analysis add-on for our OpenSignals (r)evolution software, one can easily record and extract meaningful temporal and spectral signal parameters for further analysis of the acquired sensor data.