Category: Apps
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Elfi-Tech – non-invasive sensor captures more meaningful health data
http://elfi-tech.com Elfi-Tech of Israel, led by Dr. Ilya Fine, has disrupted digital healthcare. They are the only Israeli finalist in the Nokia XCHALLENGE competition, which “envisions a future of access to affordable, personalized healthcare through sophisticated sensing technologies”. The company has developed a sensor that is more suitable as a continuous monitor with minimal discomfort.…
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Health tracking sensors embedded in commonly used items
http://teddytheguardian.com/fp-sections/about/ Health tracking technology is becoming increasingly accessible and aesthetically pleasing. Examples include Teddy the Guardian, a cute teddy bear used to monitor children’s health. It measures a child’s heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and body temperature, and sends the data using wireless technologies to a paqrent’s smartphone. Miniature and advanced sensors will continue to…
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Angel Health Monitor – Open platform, wearable vital sign sensors
http://www.angelsensor.com/index.html The Angel Health Monitor is an open platform and SDK that senses motion and acceleration, skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate. It was created by Eugene Jorov in Israel and will launch a crowdfunding campaign soon. Developers will be able to use Angel to create apps for iPhone, Android, and other devices…
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Home medical device data uploaded to EHRs; patient participation encourages behavior modification
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/07/28/century-house-call/tdupWvOQI6b3dKdKcEgdGM/story.html Boston’s Partners HealthCare has launched a system that allows patients to upload information from their medical devices directly to their electronic records in doctors’ offices. Patients can regularly use glucometers, blood pressure cuffs, bathroom scales, and pulse oximeters at home, and send the data to their doctors. Doctors are also becoming increasingly interested in…
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uChek crowdfunds smartphone urine analysis system
http://uchek.in Biosense’s uChek is crowdfunding its urine analysis system. It is a free app for iPhone users that can interpret color changes on urine analysis test strips with a smartphone camera. uChek can be used for semi-quantitative and qualitative detection of leukocytes, ketone, nitrite, urobilinogen, bilirubin, protein, specific gravity and pH. Test results may provide information…
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Stethoscope add-on improves patient assessment and diagnosis
http://rijuven.com/cardiosleeve.html CardioSleeve, when attached to a stethoscope, records, displays and analyzes electrical and acoustical footprints of the heart in real time via any wirelessly connected portable device. The data can be stored in the cloud or uploaded into an EHR.
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Smart diapers detect disease
http://pixiescientific.com Crowdfunded digital diaper by Pixie Scientific detects urinary tract infections, kidney dysfunction, and dehydration, and analyzes health patterns after months of tracking. It has an accompanying smartphone app that transmits the data to a central location that can be viewed by a doctor.
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Software senses mood of smartphone users
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=194498 Microsoft’s MoodScope is a “sensor” that measures a smartphone user’s mental state. It analyzes an enormous array of interactions including app usage, phone calls, emails, text messages, browsing history, and geographic location — thousands of data points each day. 32 study participants used the system for two months, and completed mood self-assessments to gauge the…
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Smartphone diagnostic and cloud platform make eye care accessible
http://eyenetra.com/netra-g.html Vinod Khosla and others have invested in MIT Media Lab’s EyeNetra, a smartphone attachment that claims to diagnose nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. The device is positioned as a less bulky alternative to the Shack-Hartmann Wavefront sensor. A $2 eyepiece is clipped onto a phone. The user then clicks to align the displayed patterns. The number of…
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mHealth timeline, 2009 – 2013
http://mobihealthnews.com/22674/timeline-smartphone-enabled-health-devices/ Sensors are becoming smaller, smarter, and more ubiquitous, and have transformed the way we monitor our health. Attached is a timeline of health and fitness apps from 2009 through today, providing an interesting look at the development of the mHealth market.
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Mobile phone microphones as health sensors
http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578518-sensor-technology-microphones-are-designed-capture-sound-they-turn-out The Economist’s Technology Quarterly describes how mobile phone microphones are being used as versatile sensors with myriad health applications. Examples follow: 1. Professor Tanzeem Choudhury of Cornell has created StressSense to capture and analyze voice characteristics such as amplitude and frequency. Her team concluded that “it is feasible to implement a computationally demanding stress-classification system…
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Wearable sensors, data analytics track fertility
https://www.glowing.com http://www.ovuline.com http://www.duofertility.com Several recently launched companies are trying to assist couples conceive by using wearable sensors and big data analytics to pinpoint a woman’s most fertile days.