Objective The continuous remote monitoring of some vital signals from patients is a new health care concept: itis technology-driven since the advances in sensor technology, communication technology, dataprocessing allow thinking about suits that would imbed seamless ly such technologies to make theremote sensing systems wearable. It is socially-driven because of the rising costs of medicalassistance, the need to improve early illness detection and medical interventions, the human lifetimeaverage value which is steadil y increasing. A consortium of European SMEs involving a company incharge of clinical trials -ADDS-, two textile manufacturers- ELASTA et Fernand Dubois- and fourhardware and software developers- ISO, SOFTSWITCH, NETSMART, NETVITA- in the field of bioclothe s require a Textile Research Institute (CENTEXBEL) to coordinate and manage a developmentproject involving two SME RTD performers -TAM TELESANTE and NMRC- specialised intelemedicine technologies and bio cloths. They aim at providing the clinical study mark ets andacademic laboratories with instrumented clothes that can monitor patient's health. In that researchproject, the design of the fabric is one of the most critical issues, since it could be manufactured as awoven, a crochet or a knitted product. Since comfort is an important parameter, the design of thefabric needs to be optimized: the use of a fully-fashion technology on a knitting machine appears keyfor the positioning of the sensors and the actuators within the final product. The main output ofMERMOT H is a comfortable, wearable monitoring prototype unit, based on a "wearable interface" : itis implemented by integrating smart sensors, advanced signal processing techniques and newtelecommunication systems on a textile platform. A parallel data managemen t provides the first twomarkets with a whole prototype unit for extensive testing.' Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensorsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles Keywords 06.01.01.15.00.00.00 Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator DELTA TECHNOLOGIES SUD OUEST EU contribution No data Address 2 Impasse Michel Labrousse BP 1137 TOULOUSE France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NETSMART S.A. Greece EU contribution No data Address 58, PANEPISTIMIOU ATHENS See on map Total cost No data ADVANCED DRUG DEVELOPMENT SERVICES France EU contribution No data Address Quai Alphonse le Gallo 56 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT See on map Total cost No data INFORMATION & IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Valencia 279 no. 7 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data ELASTA IND. NV. Belgium EU contribution No data Address Meense Steenweg 130 KORTRIJK See on map Total cost No data BONNETERIE FERNAND DUBOIS SPRL Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE D'ATH 3-5 LEUZE-EN-HAINAUT See on map Total cost No data CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DE L'INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE Belgium EU contribution No data Address rue Montoyer 24 Boite 2 BRUSSELS See on map Total cost No data NV JBM SA Belgium EU contribution No data Address kerkevijverstraat 22a LEDE See on map Total cost No data TAM TELESANTE France EU contribution No data Address Pavillon Martel - DOMAINE DU PETIT ARBOIS AIX EN PROVENCE 4 See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK Ireland EU contribution No data Address Western Road CORK See on map Total cost No data