GumPack: A Personal Health Assistant with Reconfigurable Surface Components
| Autor: | Kejia Li, Steven Warren |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
lcsh:Medical technology 020205 medical informatics Article Subject Interface (computing) Interoperability Biomedical Engineering Monitoring Ambulatory Wearable computer Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology Electrocardiography Phone Component (UML) Body area network 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Telemetry Diagnosis Computer-Assisted lcsh:R5-920 Wireless network business.industry Reconfigurability Signal Processing Computer-Assisted Equipment Design Actigraphy Equipment Failure Analysis lcsh:R855-855.5 Embedded system 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Surgery business lcsh:Medicine (General) Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 145-166 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 2040-2295 |
| Popis: | Wearable and everyday-carry medical devices can improve quality of life for individuals that need frequent health monitoring. Such tools can supplement ubiquitous home care environments populated with medical sensors, extending the reach of these environments and increasing the freedom of their occupants. This paper presents the concept design for an everyday-carry medical device called a 'GumPack': a small cuboid-shaped device that offers wireless connectivity and plug-and-play surface components, where a component can be a biomedical sensor or a wireless network coordinator that manages a body area network. This geometrical layout optimizes access to surface-based medical hardware mounted on a small form factor. The device offers substantive computing power, supports local component reconfigurability, and promotes interoperability with medical device coordination environments. The GumPack is envisioned to be a personal health assistant carried in a pocket or handbag that can operate alone or interface to, e.g., a cell phone. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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