Problem statement for smart ECG machine.

A problem statement is a concise description of the issues that need to be addressed by a problem solving team and should be presented to them (or created by them) before they try to solve the problem. When bringing together a team to achieve a particular purpose, provide them with a problem statement.

For this project, we notice that cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in Malaysia for both among men and women. Therefore it is very important to early recognise the signs of a heart attack and immediately seek for medical attention. In this research study, this project will identify the weaknesses of the existing ECG and eliminates them. The major problem when we try to create an ECG circuit is the baseline is not stable and thus creating noise. The correct method to amplify and filter signal discovered to rectify this situation.

The ECG is an important device yet it still produces noise which can distort the original waveform, leading to an inaccurate signal waveform. This inaccurate signal is not good for the analysis of the patient’s condition where it may signify the patient has a slightly better or worse condition. Moreover, the existing ECG machine is high cost and most of people can not afford to have it which leads to unable to self monitor their own electrical activity of the heart. Therefore the proposed ECG tries to work out this predicament and it also resolves the problems in amplifying signal by selecting the best components.

In education field, medical engineering students don’t have the opportunity to operate the internal structure of medical devices due to its cost. They are often to study and analyse about the output which came from the machine rather than to handle and recognize the internal structure of medical device. Students are not familiar with components inside the machine which result lack of confident level to repair it because of the loss of practical wisdom. Hence, development of this smart ECG machine will give the opportunity for student to have their own ECG kit. Through all the advantages related to this research, this project is very useful for educational purposes.