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IWR1443BOOST: Heart rate monitoring in small animals

Part Number: IWR1443BOOST Hi, I recently came across your mmWave for vital signs monitoring. Thecompany general support team suggested I ask my question here. I am a PhD student at the University of Zurich studying wild meerkats. I was wondering if this technology could potentially be used as part of my research to record meerkats heart rate in the field? Ideally the device could be incorporated into a collar worn by the individual. I look forward to hearing from you. All the best, Isabel

Hi Isabel, It seems very challenging.The Vital Signs Monitoring Lab on thecompany Resource Explorer requires the subject to be seated still at a distance less than 1.5 m from the sensor. Would you be able to at least have the meerkats be completely still? Regards, AG

Hi Ag, Thank you very much for your reply. As they are wild and this would be conducted in the field, it would not be possible to keep them still. The ideal scenario would be that the meerkats could wear a device and it capture their heart rate while moving. I know this is a big ask. I have seen some commercially available pet collars which use UWB to monitor heart rate in active animals, unfortunately due to the meerkats small size these collars will not work for them. Thanks, Isabel