Health Care

New Ideas

Smart watches to monitor and measure fitness

• Wearable devices that check how many steps you have taken in a day,

• Monitor your heart rate during different activities, / allows a person to monitor their fitness levels and see what they have to do to improve.

Internal body medical delivery devices

• An expandable capsule able to deliver medication inside the body over a long period of time.

• Approximately 50% of patients don’t take medication as prescribed and failing to do so lessens the effectiveness of a drug. / This convenience would eliminate the need for patients to adhere to strict regimens.

Smart pills

• Consumable/digestible technology.

• The technology development is currently focused on two primary functions: wireless patient monitoring and diagnostic imaging/ , a company has developed a system consisting of a smartphone, a sensor patch and a pill./ Each pill contains a one-square-millimetre sensor that is coated in two digestible metals: copper and magnesium/ Upon swallowing, the sensor is activated by electrolytes within the body. / The pill then transmits a signal to a small, battery-powered patch worn on the user’s torso and sends the data via Bluetooth to a caregiver’s or family member’s smartphone.

Smart Monitor for Diabetes

• A continuous glucose monitor is a small device that you wear just under your skin. It measures your glucose (sugar) levels continuously throughout the day and night, letting you see trends in your levels and alerts you to highs and lows. It sends this information to a display device using Bluetooth.

• The information collected about your blood sugar levels can be accessed instantly and shared with your healthcare team so that they can review and adjust your treatment appropriately. It also means that the information can be shared easily during virtual appointments with your healthcare team.

• A CGM doesn’t actually measure your blood glucose levels, it measures the amount of glucose in the fluid that surrounds your body cells – called interstitial fluid. There is a small time delay when checking this fluid, especially after eating or if you're exercising