Smart Medical Devices Anupendra Sharma Presented @ TiE Boston  On April 1, 2010
Categories & Examples Non-invasive Sensors:  Pulse Oximeters,  Body Fat meters, Sensor-Shirts Invasive / Implantable & Programmable Sensors:  Heart, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (MicroChips), Pill Cams (Given Imaging) Robots:  Aethon, Intuitive Automata Home Health:  E.g. Smart Beds, Spirometers, Barcoding Hospital Equipment:  Radiation tracking (Calypso), RF ID tags (Radianse, Xecan), Digital Stethoscopes (Thinklabs) Smart Phones:  iPhone applications (covering many companies and categories listed above)
Non-invasive Sensors
Body Fat Meters / PDAs
Non Invasive Sensors
Pulse Oximeters
ECG Monitors
ECG Monitors
Glucose Meters
Invasive / Implantable & Programmable Sensors
Oncology: Radiation Tracking
Drug Delivery Systems
Pill Cams
Robots
Human-like Interactive
Equipment & Remote Presence
Home Health
TV/Set top Box based
Home Health Monitoring
Home Health Monitoring
Spirometers
Vibrating Insoles
Hospital Equipment
Digital Stethescopes
RFID Tags
Wireless Bar Coding
Smart Beds
Home Health Monitoring
Smartphone Applications
iPhone Applications
iPhone Applications
iPhone Applications
Thank You Anupendra Sharma [email_address]

Smart Medical Devices

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Not an official categorization.
  • #5 Body Media http://www.bluewhalestudios.com/photos/int_bodymedia3.jpg http://dc2pgh.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/bodymedias-sensewear-joins-dc2pgh-ride/
  • #6 Panasonic Blood Pressure. http://www.athealthshop.com/panasonic-ew3153w-upper-arm-blood-pressure-monitor-with-wireless-display/ http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/8-1-08-wellness_connected.jpg
  • #7 Masimo is the market leader; Reflectance Medical is a local startup that measures three absolute values and provides information http://www.contecmed.com/paypal/product1.asp?id=Pulse%20oximeter
  • #8 Small portable ECG monitor
  • #9 http://www.imec.be/ScientificReport/SR2008/HTML/1225210.html
  • #10 Dexcom , who make a continuous glucose monitoring system, and Insulet, who make the OmniPod insulin pump, announced that they will work together to integrate Dexcom's CGM capability into the OmniPod's handheld system controller, the Personal Diabetes Manager. http://www.bernardfarrell.com/blog/labels/insulet.htm
  • #12 Calypso – wireless tracking devices in the prostrate
  • #13 Novartis/Proteus pills contain an edible transmission device that, upon ingestion, sends wireless data to a chip worn on a patch or embedded under a patient's skin http://mobihealthnews.com/4513/novartis-proteus-pilot-to-lead-to-exclusive-deal/
  • #14 Given Imaging http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.batteriesdigest.com/610a0f80.png&imgrefurl=http://www.batteriesdigest.com/gastro.htm&usg=__0oGusUzK2_XBFWgsJBUcQc9t4IY=&h=760&w=672&sz=110&hl=en&start=4&sig2=lB2x6jco3JoADo6CbTCYCg&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=EN-B-T_puLgXdM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgiven%2Bimaging%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=KRaxS9edIIG8lQfckNiQAQ
  • #16 Intuitive Automata on the left and a Japanese robot
  • #17 Remote presence Aethon hospital supply robots
  • #19 BL Healthcare – Local startup
  • #20 Intel/GE. http://brown2020.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/intel-health-guide-home-health-monitor.png
  • #21 http://brown2020.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/intel-health-guide-home-health-monitor.png
  • #22 Aperion – predicts Asthma attack
  • #23 Afferent; invention by BU professor
  • #25 http://www.thinklabsmedical.com/
  • #26 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://medicalconnectivity.com/gems/Blog%2520Photos/green.jpg&imgrefurl=http://medicalconnectivity.com/2006/01/31/global-rfid-forecast-3-billion-by-2010/&usg=__hL0FrCozX-DWdRezjo3Q-1rJjPc=&h=200&w=200&sz=4&hl=en&start=11&sig2=5KMvB6gr_6VBDaZ4fBmSew&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=GuxInfIjSxLqQM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DRFID%2BRADIANSE%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=7RWxS8qFFsT48Aa1_6GvAQ
  • #27 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/72304830.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD38CF47ED4D2B8BB929FD3D5BD3BE6E0EFC04C59AECD2520BF06BF04B24B4128C
  • #28 Smart hospital beds: patient's heart rate, sleep quality, temperature, and a number of other criteria Also computers attached – E.g. Getwellnetwork http://medgadget.com/archives/2008/02/smart_hospital_beds_of_the_future.html http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/25/daily5.html
  • #29 http://news.soft32.com/dell-and-getwellnetwork-offer-patiens-bedside-access-to-education-communication-and-entertainment_6055.html
  • #31 Weight loss and Scanners
  • #32 For Diabetics and Diets
  • #33 Runkeeper is a local company focussed on fitness…the #1 iphone application