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Two New Wireless Standards Unveiled for Medical Devices
This story is from the category Health
Date posted: 14/06/2009
The Continua Health Alliance has been setting standards and certifying medical devices for data interoperability. The idea is that in the future, things with the Continua logo will be guaranteed to cross-talk successfully in the same language, essentially allowing for plug-and-play connectivity between devices made by different manufacturers. In order to expand the possibilities of wireless technology to affect healthcare, the alliance has signed up to two low-power wireless standards: Bluetooth and ZigBee Health Care.
The two wireless technology standards are targeted to support mobile and fixed location devices as defined by the next iteration of the Continua Health Alliance Design Guidelines. The alliance has selected Bluetooth low energy wireless technology (pending finalization of the specification) to enable low power mobile devices such as activity monitors and heart rate sensors to be used to monitor a user?s health and fitness levels. Additionally, Continua has selected ZigBee Health Care technology for low power sensors that can be networked in a variety of settings, and utilized in devices such as motion detectors and bed pressure sensors to enhance the daily living of those who require assistance aging independently.
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