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a goal of improving their safety, coordination and efficiency and additional systems for injured civilians<br />
aimed at optimising their survival management are developed. For this purpose a wearable interface<br />
for monitoring the operator‘s health status and surrounding environment potential risk sources, giving<br />
him/her useful real time information and/or alarms, as well as allowing data transmission between the<br />
operator and the central unit, will be created.<br />
2.9.2.9 Stella<br />
Stella – Stretchable Electronics for Large Area Applications is an IST project that has started on<br />
February 1 st with duration of 4 years. Eleven partners from different European countries aim at<br />
developing integrated electronics in stretchable parts and products with stretchable conductors for use<br />
in healthcare, wellness and functional clothes. For this purpose the consortium modifies existing<br />
elastomers and non wovens substrates and develops conductor patterning and interconnection<br />
methods [222].<br />
2.9.2.10 OFSETH<br />
The OFSETH project – Optical fibre sensors embedded into technical Textile for Healthcare<br />
monitoring consists of a consortium composed of 11 partners from textile, optics and medical fields<br />
and 5 EU countries that started working together at March 1 st , 2006 for 3.5 years. The aim of OFSETH<br />
is the integration of optical fibres related technologies into functional textiles to extend the capabilities<br />
of wearable solutions for health monitoring. They use two main technologies, one based on Fibre<br />
Bragg Grating sensors and the other one based on Near Infrared Spectrometry. These technologies<br />
can permit to assess various parameters such as cardiac, respiratory rates and oximetry that will be<br />
investigated here but also pH or glucose concentration. In general, target applications are based on<br />
wearable static sensors to monitor cardiac and respiratory activity as well as oximetry, and wearable<br />
mobile sensors to demonstrate the wearability of FBG and fibre NIRS monitoring [223].<br />
2.9.2.11 Lidwine<br />
Lidwine is a four year lasting NMP project within the 6th framework programme of the European<br />
Commission. 21 partners from industry, research units and medical centres will work together on the<br />
integrated project dedicated to SME’s. The project focuses on the development of multifunctional<br />
medical textiles to prevent and treat decubitus wounds. Target applications include an antibacterial<br />
textile for wound care, integrated with medication depots including an active circulation support<br />
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