東芝(Toshiba) 成功開發 “無線生命監測模組 (Vital Signs Sensor Module)”

Toshiba Develops Intelligent Wearable Vital Signs Sensor Module. Toshiba's Wearable Module Senses Cardio Gram, Pulse, Body Temperature and Movement [03/04/2013 11:58 PM] by Anton Shilov Toshiba Corp. has announced that it has developed an intelligent vital signs sensor module – Silmee [smart healthcare intelligent monitor engine & ecosystem) – that simultaneously senses information on key vital signs, such as electric cardio gram, pulse, body temperature and movements. The sensor can deliver the data to smartphones and tablet PCs with wireless technology. The recently developed Silmee includes a pseudo-SoC analog front end, a 32-bit ARM processor chip and a dual mode Bluetooth bare chip in a 14.5mm*14.5mm small package. Simply adding a few devices to the module, such as an antenna, battery and sensor heads, achieves a completely wearable vital signs sensor system. Among the chips included in the module, the flexible and compact pseudo-SoC analog front end is a very effective approach to implementing vital signs sensors, and extends recent rapid progress in vital sign sensor technologies. Toshiba has fabricated a prototype of the sensor module that is small enough to wear, and will present and demonstrate it at the International Symposium on Medical ICT 2013, to be held at Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan on March 7. Toshiba will demonstrate a very compact prototype implementation of Silmee: a 25mm*60mm and 10 gram patch-type able to monitor all vital signs. Toshiba will contribute to the promotion of smart personal healthcare services by deploying the module and prototype terminal in a wide variety of smart healthcare service development and field trials. Current healthcare cloud and services make use of already developed individual healthcare devices, such as sphygmomanometers or clinical thermometers. Such services face major challenges in achieving market penetration because the equipment is too big and handling a number of pieces of equipment it too complex.

 

東芝推出可佩戴智慧生命徵象感測器模組 2013/03/06 17:52:05 （中央社2013年3月6日電）根據美國商業資訊報導，東芝公司(Toshiba Corporation)(TOKYO:6502)宣布，該公司已經開發出智慧生命徵象感測器模組Smart healthcare Intelligent Monitor Engine & Ecosystem（智慧醫療智慧監測引擎及生態系統），簡稱Silmee。它可同步感應到關鍵的生命徵象資訊，如心電圖、脈搏、體溫和運動，並可透過無線技術將資料傳送給智慧手機和平板電腦。東芝已經製造出該感測器模組的樣機，其外形小巧，便於佩戴。目前的醫療雲端服務利用業已成熟的獨立醫療設備，如血壓計或臨床體溫計。由於設備體積過大且操作大量設備過於複雜，因此此類服務很難在市場得以普及。新近開發的Silmee將一個虛擬系統單晶片(Pseudo-SoC)類比前端，一個32位元的ARM處理器晶片以及一個雙模藍牙裸晶片整合到14.5mm x 14.5mm的緊湊封裝中。只需簡單增加天線、電池和傳感頭等裝置，即可成為一個完全可佩戴的生命徵象感測器系統。在該模組所採用的晶片中，靈活而緊湊的虛擬系統單晶片類比前端可非常有效地實現生命徵象感測器功能，推動了生命徵象感測器技術的快速進步。東芝將在3月7日在日本東京明治大學(Meiji University)召開的2013年國際醫療資訊通訊技術研討會(International Symposium on Medical ICT 2013)上展示並示範該樣機。東芝將示範如何使用這種非常緊湊的Silmee樣機：一款面積25mm x 60mm、重10克的補片型產品，能夠監測所有的生命徵象。東芝將為智慧個體化醫療服務的促進做出貢獻，將該模組與樣機終端部署到眾多智慧醫療服務開發與現場試驗中。