Intelligent telemetry jacket for laboratory animals

在开发新的药物分子期间，会在动物身上进行测试，以确保其无毒。在进行的不同研究中，遥测经常被用来远程和连续地监测包括心电、呼吸频率等在内的几个参数。 到目前为止，传感器只是通过穿着夹克固定在适当的位置，这可能会在电极移位的情况下导致数据丢失，并可能给动物造成不适。Lomir Biomedical Inc.公司的使命是通过将纺织传感器直接集成到智能夹克中来改进这种方法，该智能夹克可以随时穿着，因此将为操纵动物的技术人员的工作提供便利。 将开展的工作将包括对构成夹克的材料进行第一阶段的鉴定。这些材料必须舒适、坚固，并能够获得可靠的结果。事实上，在第二阶段将进行一些测试，以评估信号的检测和质量，从而验证电极的放置。

During the development of new pharmaceutical molecules, tests are performed on animals to ensure its innocuousness. Among the different studies conducted, telemetry is often used to monitor remotely an continuously several parameters including ECG, breathing rate, etc. Until now, the sensors were hold in place solely by wearing a jacket, which could lead to data loss in case of electrode displacement and could create discomfort for the animals. The company Lomir Biomedical Inc. has for mission to improve this method by integrating directly textile sensors within a smart jacket,which could be worn at all times and therefore would facilitate the work of the technicians manipulating the animals. The work to be undertaken will consist of a first phase of identification of the materials constituting the jacket. Those materials will have to be comfortable, robust and capable of obtaining reliable results. Indeed, during the second phase some testing will be conducted in order to evaluate the detection and the quality of the signal and consequently validate the placement of the electrodes.