Development trend of wearable medical devices

Wearable medical devices include a series of new products, such as diagnostic instruments (electronic thermometer, electronic blood pressure watch, blood oxygen saturation watch, heart rate monitor, blood glucose meter, etc.) and fiber fabrics (T-shirts, vests, bras, etc.) that can be used to measure patients' respiratory rate, heart rate, electrocardiogram and other important students Vital signs data are sent to doctors' computers via smart phones), and other similar products Rapid development according to Zui new report, a U.S manufacturer recently developed a taffeta quilt that can measure a variety of important vital signs of patients As long as the elderly bedridden patients cover their body, they can automatically measure a variety of data, so that doctors can grasp the patient's condition changes at any time Bedridden patients do not need to go to the imaging technology room of the hospital to measure various instruments The key is that there are 104 sensors in the quilt In the past 10 years, wearable medical device products have rapidly developed into a large class of important products in the international market This fast-growing market has even attracted the attention and a large amount of investment of senior leaders of many international IT companies, including apple, Google, Microsoft and so on In 2012, the total sales volume of the global wearable medical device market has reached US $2 billion In 2013, it has increased to US $2.8 billion It is expected that this figure will rise to US $5.8 billion by 2019, with an average annual comprehensive growth rate of 16.4%, far higher than the comprehensive growth rate of general medical device products The application of Bluetooth technology lays a technical platform for the promotion of wearable medical devices Patients only need to have a smart phone to transmit all kinds of data collected by the wearing medical devices to the computer of the health care doctor in time, so that the latter can know the patient's condition changes at any time and make the adjustment of the medical plan in time In 2013, Google developed a kind of multi-purpose smart glasses, whose special glass can store 16GB of data As long as clinicians wear this new glasses and press the switch on the glasses frame, they can store all kinds of pathological data they see, and copy them anytime and anywhere through a simple converter Therefore, this kind of smart glasses with the function of "never forget" will greatly facilitate the work of clinicians and save the heavy task of copying medical records Once put on the market, this kind of novel smart glasses which can automatically store medical records will have a broad market prospect Another kind of fast developing wearable medical devices is the ECG detector which can be worn on the body Because of the high incidence rate of coronary heart disease among the people in developed countries, once coronary heart disease causes acute myocardial infarction, it is very likely to cause sudden death Therefore, the Wearable ECG detector can effectively monitor the change of heart rate of patients and send it to the attending doctor through Bluetooth technology It is understood that wearable electrocardiograph has been made into a variety of products, such as wrist type, T-shirt type, bra type and plaster type This kind of new products will undoubtedly have a huge market growth space, and the international market needs this kind of medical device products very much New products will come out in 2014 It is understood by the author that the main products of the wearable medical devices that have been and will be on the market in 2014 are: AIQ smart clothes According to the introduction, this kind of smart fiber fabric has many uses Because there are many micro biosensors in it, the patients can automatically monitor the changes of ECG, EEG, EMG, respiratory rate and body temperature at night Vital sign data The shape of the new adhesive sensor metria is similar to the size of a piece of plaster It contains a precision sensor The measured data can be directly sent to the doctor's computer through a smart phone, and can work continuously for many hours Body, a new type of sensor that can automatically measure the change of blood glucose, is now more and more people suffering from diabetes in the world It is very important for patients to know the changes of blood glucose at any time A new sensor that can be pasted on the skin has been developed by a manufacturer in the United States As long as diabetes patients stick it on their own skin, they can measure the change of blood sugar regularly, and do not need to take blood samples to measure blood sugar, so it is extremely convenient for patients More convenient, the new product can automatically transmit the measured blood glucose data to the clinician's computer, so that the latter can adjust the dosage of hypoglycemic drugs or change the varieties of hypoglycemic drugs in time Polypowera / S is a multi-purpose elastic sensor product with the shape of a black elastic band Sewing it into the patient's underwear can be used to measure a variety of important life information data and send it to the clinician through the patient's smartphone At first glance, MEC is like an ordinary earphone, but there is a precise sensor in the earphone When the patient wears MEC on his head, he can automatically measure the changes of EEG MEC is suitable for epilepsy patients, Parkinson's disease patients and Alzheimer's disease patients It is convenient for clinicians to make correct diagnosis according to the changes of patient's EEG and make timely progress Treatment Moticon is also a new insole with the nature of medical equipment in the world Athletes or patients can know their heart rate changes, sweating and other data at any time as long as they put it into their own sports shoes or other shoes, which is of great application value to marathon athletes or patients The volume of nunbo is the same as that of the pocket make-up box carried by women When it is fixed on the lapel of the athlete's chest (or heart patient), you can know the change of heart rate at any time It can prevent sudden death for the athlete (or patient with arrhythmia) who runs for a long distance, so it has great promotion and application value