m-Health - Wireless Healthcare Solutions: Silver, Design Explorations

Contact: Robert Steinbugler, IBM Corp, 919.945.3461, mrmoto@us.ibm.com

Credit: IBM Corp, USA and Switzerland and Camillo Sassano

This host of wireless products can be applied to a variety of medical situations such as emergency situations, clinical trials, hospital environments and treatment of chronic illness. The goal was to reduce the technical aspects of each item. The EKG monitor is three small medical sensors. The scale is a disk that transmits information wirelessly to a display mounted at eye level. A wrist-mounted blood pressure/heart monitor has a simple user interface, three buttons and an easy-to-read display.

The patient benefits from faster access to information and more efficient monitoring.