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. 2019 Apr 30;19(9):2026. doi: 10.3390/s19092026

Table 3.

Testing plan: tested hardware/software components of Patient Subsystem, patients’ diseases, and learning time depending on system function.

Tested System Function Tested Hardware Components of the Patient Subsystem Tested Software Components of the Patient Subsystem Patients’ Diseases Patients’ Learning Time
Communication Switch-type sensor:
- hand switch-click;
- pal pad switch;
- ribbon switch;
- wobble switch;
- foot switch;
- sip/puff breeze switch.		 - PWA (keywords technology for switch-type sensor) Disabled patients who can perform some controlled muscle contractions, such as movement of a finger, forearm, or foot; inspiration /expiration; sip/puff, etc. (partial paralysis, paraplegia, amputations, congestive heart failure, degenerative osteoarticular diseases, stroke, chronic respiratory failure, severe COPD, recovery after major surgery, etc.) Minimum
(10 min)
Eye-tracking interface:
- head-mounted device;
- remote device.		 - PWA (keywords technology for eye-tracking interface);
- eye-tracking algorithm (including virtual keyboard and Internet/e-mail browser).		 Severely disabled patients who cannot perform any controlled muscle contractions apart from eyeball movement and blinking (complete paralysis, tetraplegia, myopathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, severe degenerative osteoarticular disease, severe arthritis in the shoulder, amputations, etc.) Medium or long
(15–20 min)
Telemonitoring Wireless body area network:
- oxygen saturation;
- heart rate;
- respiratory rate;
- body temperature.		 - SimpliciIT protocol;
- GUI for telemonitoring the physiological parameters.		 All patients -