Remote health monitoring moves closer to market

In recent years several new technologies for remote healthcare have been investigated, including wireless sensors, low-power connectivity units and back-end software.

Newly formed Isansys Lifecare has integrated these components into to a user-friendly end-to-end system, which they hope to market in various healthcare settings.

‘We have a very strong “keep it simple” design philosophy. If you bring anything like this into a clinical setting, it has to be absolutely simple to use; you must have a system that has very little requirement for intervention,’ said chief executive Keith Errey.

The company has produced its own discrete body-worn monitor that continuously and remotely captures physiological data, including electrocardiography, respiration rate, temperature, blood pressure and blood oxygen levels.

The Engineer was told that it is of particular importance to use such systems to continuously monitor the vital signs of patients with chronic diseases and those with higher risk of serious adverse events such as strokes and heart attacks.