SMART TEXTILES THAT CAN SAVE LIVES

E-Textiles are all about smart clothing that integrates electronics with textile. Now the world is moving towards technology and more advancement coming day by day. And the researchers work on wearable jackets that can also help to save your life and future. For this to help heart patients there is LifeVest that have flexible electrodes which can sense the heart’s electrical activity, when patient hearts stops, warming given to them if there is no movement then the shock is actually given through electrode on the front and the back side. Although this device may not safe the life of person but it treats cardiac attack. This device is worn outside and weighs 3 pound and continuously monitor patient’s heart to detect life threatening and abnormal heart rhythm. If the rhythm is not normal and patient get conscious so device deliver electrical shock to restore normal rhythm. Now more advanced technologies coming to monitor heart beats, pulse rate, Blood Pressure etc.