International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering Website: www.ijetae.com (E-ISSN 2250-2459, Scopus Indexed, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022) Manuscript Received: 13 October 2022, Received in Revised form: 24 November 2022, Accepted: 02 December 2022 DOI: 10.46338/ijetae1222_03 23 Designing Flex Sensor Gloves with Temperature Sensor & Pulse Sensor to Help Stroke Patients Azriyenni Azhari Zakri 1 , Arfianti Arfianti 2 , Amir Hamzah 3 , M Iqbal 4 , Hamdy Madjid 5 , Naufal Fikri Aulia 6 1,3,4,5,6 Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Riau, Kampus Bina Widya, Jl. H. R. Soebrantas Km. 12,5 Simpang Baru, Panam, Pekanbaru 28293 Riau Indonesia 2 Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia Abstract—Stroke patients often have trouble in daily interactions, when the patient communicated with people who are guarding them. If the distance between the patient and their guard is far, this will make it difficult for the stroke patient to communicate. Therefore, this research designed a prototype glove with a flex sensor installed as a communication tool to aid stroke patients. The designed glove is paired with five flexible sensors to enable nurses easily to read the five-finger movement signals. This tool is also equipped with DS18B20 temperature and pulse sensors capable of monitoring the physical condition of stroke patients in real-time. Testing the flex sensor glove prototype was carried out by measuring temperature & heart rate through pulse and temperature sensors. The output data is in the form of text and sound displayed on the LCD and heard through the speaker through the DFPlayer mini module. The body temperature was measured using the DS18B20 temperature sensor and compared with an Avico digital thermometer which has an average error of 0.1%, indicating adequacy. The heart rate test results through the pulse sensor were compared with measurements obtained using measure heart rate correctly. Instant heart rate, which has an average error of 0.7%, hence, it can Keywords—flex sensor, temperature sensor, pulse sensor, gloves, stroke patient. I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, many papers have presented the design of a prototype related to medical devices, such as electronic devices used as gloves. Physiological parameters, such as temperature, flexible angle, pulse, and oxygen saturation in the blood. System was consisting of electronic devices worn as gloves, by the elderly or at-risk persons, may use multiple sensors [1]. Advances in technology currently have had a positive impact on improving public health with the emergence of many medical devices that function as supporting facilities [2]. To solve the problem of people with disabilities, so that other people can understand the dialect of motion. Thus, it has been proposed to detect any motion-based communication that is recorded in relation to it. The display is designed from four concepts, namely, detection unit, preparation unit, voice hoarding unit and remote correspondence unit. This is achieved by combining the flexible sensor and the APR9600 with the LM386. Flexible sensors set in gloves with reaction to signals. The way this tool works is highly dependable and fast response. This technique provides a variety of dialects that have been read by changing the code on the microcontroller [3]. One of these medical devices is the Arduino controller, which monitors patients' medical data, including body temperature and heart rate per minute, to ensure it is in perfect condition [4]. It determined patients' heart rates through finger testing and obtained an average RSD value of 1.48%, with 2.86% and 5.02% on the respondent's right and left fingers, respectively [5]. This research describes the problems related to the need for technology tools to assist stroke patients in interacting and communicating with their nurses using a flex sensor comprising temperature and pulse sensors. The output is adjusted through DFPlayer Mini and displayed using an LCD device. This research aims to produce a prototype of a communication tool that can be used to check the body temperature and heart rate of stroke patients whose mobility is limited. Irwan et al. developed medical devices to improve the increasing need for infrastructure in the health sector. One of these medical devices is Arduino, which monitors patient medical data, including body temperature and heart rate [4]. The heart, the most important organ that pumps blood in the human body, tends to malfunction in patients with stroke or other underlying illnesses [6]. Therefore, designing a prototype heart rate detector based on the ATmega328 microcontroller with a pulse sensor to measure and detect heart rate [7]. The Arduino-pro-mini ATmega328 microcontroller is used to process the incoming signal and display the heart rate data per minute on the OLED screen [8].