MyHeart   12:50-13:00 GMT  04-NOV-2005  WFD Date Shot:  Location: AACHEN Country: GERMANY Sound: NATURAL   Language:  Source: FRYOUR Conditions:  Eurovision World Feed - Free access to all Dopesheet: Healthy Heart's at Home ?Smart? garments are soon going to reduce the cost of homecare for European governments. With an array of sensors woven into the fabric, your shirt, belt or even underwear will soon be able to monitor your body and transmit data to your doctor or nurse. The large pan-European team ?MyHeart? is now trialling this technology with users in Aachen, Germany. With the financial support of the European Commission, ?MyHeart? has been working on ways to reduce the fatality rate of chronic diseases by improving the frequency and quality of check-ups. In particular, it aims to fight CVDs (cardio-vascular diseases) by early diagnosis and prevention. To this end, scientists have been integrating ?textile sensors? into clothes. The textile sensors, which are part of the clothing fabric, record the body?s vital signs which are then digitalised and evaluated by on-body electronics. The results of the evaluation are then sent via a wireless personal area network to a mobile phone and from there to a server ?farm? where it is analysed by healthcare professionals. A diagnosis can be made very quickly and the patient is given the necessary recommendations. The basic goal of the ?MyHeart? project is to allow the harvesting of knowledge on a patient?s actual health status outside institutional points of care, i.e. in their daily life. Continuous monitoring of vital signs is essential for a healthy and risk-free lifestyle as well as for early diagnosis. This will empower the patients themselves to combat CVDs at an early stage. CVDs are one of the most severe health problems of our time, and the leading cause of death in developed countries. Roughly 45% of all deaths in the EU are due to cardio-vascular diseases and more than 20% of all European citizens suffer from a chronic cardio-vascular disease. This includes myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and strokes. Europe spends a hundred billion Euros on the prevention and treatment of CVDs. With aging populations in most countries, it is a challenge for Europe to provide its citizens with healthcare at affordable costs. The IST project ?MyHeart? is one of the largest IST research projects, funded by the European Commission with 33 partners from 12 countries. It builds on the findings of the successful IST project Wealthy. As research is a dynamic process, more partners will come and go over the duration of the project. Participants in the project: Philips Research Labs Aachen, Germany Philips Design London, United Kingdom Philips Design Eindhoven, The Netherlands Philips Digital Systems Labs - Leuven ⁄ PITS NV, Belgium Medtronic Iberica, Spain Nokia Research Centre, Finland Fundación Vodafone, Estonia Nylstar, Italy Manifatture Filati Riunite, Italy Milior, Italy Smartex, Italy Dr. Hein GmbH, Germany Mind Media B.V., The Netherlands Medgate AG, Switzerland Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique, Switzerland CEA-LETI, France ETH Zürich, Switzerland University of Pisa, Italy Politechnic University of Madrid ⁄ Photonic Technology Department, Spain ITACA, Spain Consorzio di Bioingegneria e Infomatica Medica, Italy Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy University of Padova ⁄ DEI, Italy University of Firenze ⁄ DAIML, Italy Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, USA UniversitätsKlinikum Aachen, Germany Hospital Clínico de Madrid, Spain Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Italy University of Pavia ⁄ IRCCS⁄FSM, Italy Polytechnic University of Valencia ⁄ Sport Centre, Spain Faculty of Science and Technology - University of Coimbra ⁄ CISUC, Portugal Hospital de Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Philips Research Labs Eindhoven, The Netherlands Proposed Commentary =================== Healthy Heart's at Home Commentary He is just one of the millions of heart patients in Europe: Joachim Jerominek suffered from a severe heart attack five years ago and has been under heavy observation ever since. He is considered a high-risk case, and his heart should be constantly monitored. With today?s technology this has not been possible, but he is now testing a new system, that records information on his heartbeat directly to his mobile phone. This is only one application of technology being developed by the research project ?MyHeart?, headed by the Philips Research Lab in Aachen, Germany. Their aim is to explore new ways to monitor the body, in all different situations, whilst the patient is going about his daily life. One option is to monitor the patient?s health at home, which might be done in a variety of ways, such as through the use of a LCD-display integrated into the bathroom mirror that displays data on the vital signs. SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator: ?With my own movements I can direct the person on the display called ?Jogging Joe?. When I move and jog the little man is running, too. When I jump the little man is jumping. The purpose of this game is avoiding obstacles, jumping over big rocks, running away from wild animals, and surviving many rounds in the Australian desert. This way we hope to motivate the youth with overweight problems, so that they start moving at home more and do more exercise.? Commentary Joachim Jerominek has been testing this type of belt whilst jogging and is now meeting the scientist of the ?MyHeart? project to talk about his experience. While the transmission of data has worked well, and the electrocardiogram can be seen without any problems, the belt has been somewhat uncomfortable to wear. The research team has anticipated this, and is looking at alternative ways to monitor the body?s vital signs using intelligent cloths with integrated sensors. A new shirt has just arrived from the Italian textile manufacturer SMARTEX, and Jerominek is the first to try it on. It already feels much better? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Jörg Habetha, Project Leader: ?The shirt you are wearing now is just one option that we are developing in the research project ?MyHeart?. There are other approaches, depending on the application of ?MyHeart?. One option for example is these underpants ? instead of an undershirt. The electronic part is then integrated in this pocket here. This means, when you need to wash the cloths, you simply take the electronics out ? while the sensors are firmly fixed? Commentary But it is not only the heart that can be monitored with ?MyHeart?. The system has many more applications, like the capacity to register stress levels. Within this function, the display provides guidance on how one can reduce stress level by using certain breathing techniques. The advantage is that the user can observe his stress level decreasing as it happens. This way the patient can learn the techniques of stress reduction and apply them later without the monitoring technology needing to prompt advice. For Joachim Jerominek, it is still essential that he should visit a heart specialist on a regular basis. Today, he has got an appointment at the University Clinic of Aachen. The German hospital is often involved in international cardiac research projects, and this time one of their leading medics, Patrick Schauerte, is providing the cardiac expertise for the ?MyHeart? project. Patrick Schauerte is hopeful that soon, patients like Jerominek will need to visit the clinic far less, even though their health may still be at risk. SOUNDBITE (German) ? Prof. Dr. med Patrick Schauerte: ?We know that after a heart attack, especially in the first six months, there is a risk of severe heart rhythm problems. Normally we have a heartbeat between 60 and 100, but because of circulation problems or small cicatrices inside the heart, the heartbeat can suddenly increase to a rate of 200. We call this tachycardia. One can imagine the heart as bellows, it pumps and deflates and sucks again, but with a rate of 200 it is only pumping, and then you can lose your consciousness.? Commentary Because patients only spend a short time with their doctor, they have to understand the symptoms themselves when their heart starts to malfunction. Jerominek is now learning that often only medical instruments can pick up new warning signs. SOUNDBITE (German) ? Prof. Dr. med Patrick Schauerte: ?We are regularly undergoing stress ECG with the patient, and he tells us his medical condition, whether he is experiencing circulation problems or tachycardia. We cannot exclude this, because with our current resources we cannot provide a long-term ECG all the time. Nor can we perform a catheter operation every three months. Today we simply cannot adequately monitor the circulation problems or heart rate disturbances of our high risk patients.? So, overall, the aim is to help patients to monitor themselves. SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator: ?One approach is to use a bathroom mirror as a display for the information we are collecting and diagnosing with the electronic parts that we are wearing on our body. The display in a bathroom has the advantage of being very private, unlike for example the TV set. When I want to look at the results of a weight management programme, I don?t want anybody spying over my shoulder. But in the bathroom, I can lock the door and receive all the information that I need about my personal health status - simply by looking at the mirror.? Commentary But the new system would be useless if it did not register clear warning signs. If the ECG is registering certain potential problems with the heart, then the patient gets a text message with a simple, but possibly life saving instruction: go and see your doctor ? now! But there are also some fun elements to ?MyHeart?. SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator: ?With my own movements I can direct the person on the display called ?Jogging Joe?. When I move and jog the little man is running, too. When I jump the little man jumps too. The purpose of this game is avoiding obstacles, jumping over big rocks, running away from wild animals, and surviving in the Australian desert. This way we hope to motivate the youth with overweight problems, so that they start moving at home more and do more exercise.? Commentary Joachim Jerominek doesn?t need this kind of motivation, but rather constant ECGs of his heart. But as the research is still in progress, he needs only to be patient. Shotlist: shot: January 2005 1 ? Sequence: Joachim Jerominek, a ?MyHeart? tester, is jogging in the park, he stops and checks his heart beat on his mobile phone (five shots). 2 ? Shot outside Philips Research Lab, Aachen 3 ? Sequence: Jörg Habetha, Project Leader, and Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-Ordinator, in front of a mirror with integrated LCD-display (three shots). 4 ? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator: ?With my own movements I can direct the person on the display called ?Jogging Joe?. When I move and jog the little man is running, too. When I jump the little man is jumping. The purpose of this game is avoiding obstacles, jumping over big rocks, running away from wild animals, and surviving many rounds in the Australian desert. This way we hope to motivate the youth with overweight problems, so that they start moving at home more and do more exercise.? 5 ? Jörg Habetha and Joachim Jerominek talking about "MyHeart" in a laboratory 6 ? Sequence: Joachim Jerominek taking off his T-shirt and putting on the new high-tech clothes. 7 ? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Jörg Habetha, Project Leader, while showing Joachim Jerominek other clothes: ?The shirt you are wearing now is just one option that we are developing in the research project ?MyHeart?. There are other approaches, depending on the application of ?MyHeart?. One option for example is these underpants ? instead of an undershirt. The electronic part is then integrated in this pocket here. This means, when you need to wash the cloths, you simply take the electronics out ? while the sensors are firmly fixed? 8 ? Sequence: Jörg Habetha and Harald Reiter in front of a mirror checking their stress level (six shots). 9 ? Joachim Jerominek walking into a clinic in Aachen (three shots) 10 ? Prof. Dr. Patrick Schauerte (heart expert) walking into his office 11 ? Prof. Dr. Patrick Schauerte and Joachim Jerominek talking (two shots) 12 ? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Prof. Dr. med Patrick Schauerte ?We know that after a heart attack, especially in the first six months, there is a risk of severe heart rhythm problems. Normally we have a heartbeat between 60 and 100, but because of circulation problems or small cicatrices inside the heart, the heartbeat can suddenly increase to a rate of 200. We call this tachycardia. One can imagine the heart as bellows, it pumps and deflates and sucks again, but with a rate of 200 it is only pumping, and then you can lose your consciousness.? 13 ? Prof. Dr. Patrick Schauerte and Joachim Jerominek talking (four shots) 14 - SOUNDBITE (German) ? Prof. Dr. med Patrick Schauerte: ?We are regularly undergoing stress ECG with the patient, and he tells us his medical condition, whether he is experiencing circulation problems or tachycardia. We cannot exclude this, because with our current resources we cannot provide a long-term ECG all the time. Nor can we perform a catheter operation every three months. Today we simply cannot adequately monitor the circulation problems or heart rate disturbances of our high risk patients.? 15 ? Shots of the outside of the Philips Research Lab, Aachen 16 ? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator: ?One approach is to use a bathroom mirror as a display for the information we are collecting and diagnosing with the electronic parts that we are wearing on our body. The display in a bathroom has the advantage of being very private, unlike for example the TV set. When I want to look at the results of a weight management programme, I don?t want anybody spying over my shoulder. But in the bathroom, I can lock the door and receive all the information that I need about my personal health status - simply by looking at the mirror.? 17 ? Sequence: Joachim Jerominek is jogging in the park and checking his phone for a text message (three shots). 18 ? SOUNDBITE (German) ? Harald Reiter, Project Technical Co-ordinator, while demonstrating an interactive video game on the mirror: ?With my own movements I can direct the person on the display called ?Jogging Joe?. When I move and jog the little man is running, too. When I jump the little man jumps too. The purpose of this game is avoiding obstacles, jumping over big rocks, running away from wild animals, and surviving in the Australian desert. This way we hope to motivate the youth with overweight problems, so that they start moving at home more and do more exercise.? 19 ? Joachim Jerominek is jogging in the park (two shots) Keyframe:  Id Item: 231496 Tx_Time: 12:50 - 13:00  Tx_Date: 04-NOV-2005  Status: CNF Origin: ZZEBU  Origin City: GNVE Item type: WFD