10.26180/5d4a0d82e6ba8 TAIYANG WU TAIYANG WU Wearable and Implantable Sensor Systems with Energy Harvesting Techniques for IoT-Connected Healthcare Applications Monash University 2019 Internet of Things Wireless Body Area Network Solar Energy Harvesting Maximum Power Point Tracking Wireless Communication Bluetooth Low Energy Wearable Sensors Implantable Sensors Long-Term Healthcare Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified 2019-08-06 23:30:09 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Wearable_and_Implantable_Sensor_Systems_with_Energy_Harvesting_Techniques_for_IoT-Connected_Healthcare_Applications/9275723 The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging network paradigm that can connect anyone and anything at any time and any place within any network. For long-term IoT-connected health monitoring applications, different solar energy harvesting techniques are investigated for both wearable and implantable biomedical sensors in this thesis. In addition, a compact wearable sensor patch in a rigid-flex design is proposed for real-time vital signs monitoring remotely. A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module is employed to transmit physiological signals to a gateway, which will forward health data to the Internet cloud for future IoT-connected healthcare applications.