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Masimo iSpO2 Mobile Pulse Oximeter

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iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter App
iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter App

Masimo is known among health care professionals as a leader in health sensor technology. Now with the iSpO2, they bring their industry leading pulse oximeter technology to the Consumer Electronics Show at CES Unveiled.

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Max Safai from Masimo joins Jamie Davis, the Podmedic to talk about their first venture into the consumer electronics marketplace, the iSpO2 home pulse oximeter for iOS devices. When you plug the device into your compatible iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you see your heart rate, perfusion index and a number representing the percent of oxygen saturation in your blood, ranging from 0 to 100. Health care professionals use this tool all the time to help gain a glimpse into what’s going on inside a patient during an exam or hospitalization.

Track Health Data, Contact Caregivers

The mobile app can track your data and email that data to your caregivers, home care nurse, or primary care physician allowing them to have increased oversight without bringing you back to their office for a visit. The iSpO2 is currently available on Amazon.com and iSpO2.com for $249.00.

Video by Jamie Davis, the Podmedic from Health Tech Weekly (HTWeekly.com).

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Withings Smart Body Analyzer

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Withings Smart Body Analyzer Scale
Withings Smart Body Analyzer Scale

At CES Unveiled, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic got a chance to talk to the folks at Withings about their Smart Body Analyzer scale. According to Alexis it’s not just your ordinary bathroom scale.

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This new home scale was awarded a CES 2013 Innovations Award. This scale measures not just your weight, BMI and body fat but also your heart rate and home air quality (carbon dioxide levels) and temperature. The device also connects wirelessly via WiFi or Bluetooth with an app on your mobile device to track all the data.

Home Air Quality Monitoring

Because it monitors air quality in your home, Alexis at Withings recommends you place the scale in your bedroom so you can test the carbon dioxide levels and temperature in your room while you sleep. With today’s homes sealed tight against the weather, it’s important to make sure you can vent air to the outside often enough to ensure high enough oxygen to carbon dioxide levels.

The Withings Smart Body Analyzer will be available for purchase by the end of March and is expected to be priced at $149.00

Video by Jamie Davis, the Podmedic from Health Tech Weekly (HTWeekly.com).

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Nothing But Nets – A surprising visit to our booth

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Todd and Steve get a surprise visit from a funny bug with a serious message. Even though it was Friday afternoon, and everyone was a bit punchy (including the tricaster operator in the studio) they managed to get the word out on this very important issue.

Nothing but Nets is a charity that sends mosquito nets to people in Africa. In Africa 1000’s of people die of mosquito-born illness. Nothing but nets will send a long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed net, distribute it, and educate communities on its use, all for $10. 100 percent of every $10 contribution to cover the costs.

You can donate by going to www.nothingbutnets.net

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Careverge Takes A Social Approach To Health

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Careverge logoThe fast pace of modern Western life doesn’t lend itself to a healthy lifestyle and many of us struggle to keep on top of the weight and exercise regularly, including myself. Careverge can help as a one-stop health and well-being site that brings together fitness, health and support in one place. Careverge’s Henry de Phillips talks to Jamie Davies of the and the Nursing Show about what the site can offer.

Careverge’s approach is to create a social networking environment to encourage good health behaviours rather than to simply sell a product or a plan. The site brings networking, gaming and recommendations together so that within only a few moments of starting to use the site, the individual is given personalised suggestions on reading and possible activities. The focus of Careverge is to encourage people to health through fun while providing quality health information and support to reach their goals.

Careverge is free to use for consumers.

Interview by Jamie Davies of the and the Nursing Show.

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LifeStation Web managed Pill box

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From the CES 2012 floor, Jamie Davis from Promed Network talks with David from LifeStation about their new web enabled pill box for people on daily medications. The pill box had compartments for up to 4 doses a day and once full holds a week’s worth of pills. The pillbox doors flash when it’s time for that dose and if after a time, the door isn’t opened it starts beeping. If the person still doesn’t take their meds, it sends and email, text and automated phone call to the patient and their care giver. In tests, the pill box got a medication compliance of up to 92% (which is very good)

For more information go to or lifestation.com

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Intouch Remote Health Monitoring

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Intouch Health InTouch Health along with Verizon had developed the RP Express and the RP 7 Mobile Robot and other similar devices to allow doctors to access their patients from remote locations. The RP Express is a mobile device for an individual to carry in the field. The RP 7 Mobile Robot is made for hospitals or other medical facilities. Both devices allow you to plug in medical instruments including EKGs, Ultrasound equipment and other devices directly into the machine allowing doctors to take and read vital signs from anywhere in the world. The video and audio are in real time and work over the Verizon 4G network, or wifi. (I am not sure what happens if the 4G or wifi networks are not available, hopefully there is a solution to that problem.) The doctor can control the RP 7 Mobile Robot and the RP Express from any computer that has the control station installed on it. The RP 7 robot allows for 178 degree field of view.

These devices are FDA cleared for connection to diagnostic medical devices on wifi. They are still going through the approval process for the 4G version. They hope to have those versions available for hospitals later this year. It is nice to know that now people in remote areas have a way to get access to the medical care, including the specialist that they need.

Interviewed by Jamie Davis of and the Tech Podcast Network

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Aftershokz Headphones

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Aftershokz Bone Conduction Headsets use the same technology that military Special Ops teams depend upon. Now consumers can be street legal – nothing in, on, or covering your ears. Direct vibrations are carried by the bones to the inner ear. In military and police applications, their ears are open in order to hear the movements of both their targets and other members of their unit.

Aftershokz Headphones enable joggers, bike riders, skateboarders, hikers, and other athletes to safely listen to their portable music player while participating in their favorite activity.

Interview by Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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Basis Wearable Health Monitoring

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Todd talked to Jeff from Basis at the digital experience event at CES 2012 about their new product for health monitoring.

Basis is coming this spring with a wrist wearable health monitoring system to help you keep track of your overall activity level. Different from the heart monitors you would wear for working out, this new system will track your heart rate, temperature, perspiration, sleep and activity level as you go about your daily life. It will take that information and upload it to Basis’ cloud service and give you all the data along with some recommendations of things you need to do to get into better overall health.

The device and service will be available in early 2012 for $199. This includes a lifetime membership to the cloud service.

For more information, go to www.mybasis.com

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Sonamba from PomDevices

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Sonamba
Sonamba

PomDevices launched Sonamba at CES 2011.  Sonamba is device made for seniors. Sonamba monitors their well-being and also keeps connected to family members and care givers.

It also provides them with medication notifications and other useful information.  There is a base unit and then various smaller devices that can be carried or placed elsewhere that can communicate with the base.  But Sonamba goes way beyond being a medical device – it has many features that will keep the user connected and updated all of the time.  Check out the video below to see all of the cool features such as remote contact, pictures, and more.

Interview by Andy McCaskey from SDR News and Tom Newman from Fogview

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EmFinders Emergency Locator Service

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Todd Cochrane spoke with Harry G. Smeenk, VP of Sales for EmFinders. EmFinders makes a emergency location device, that you wear like a watch. It is made for people who are cognitively and developmentally impaired individuals. like someone with Autism or Alzheimer’s It uses a cellular based solution instead of GPS so it can work inside of buildings. Mr. Smeenk said many times the wearer will go somewhere that seems comfortable to them, which is often inside. It uses the gsm network. They talked about how the clasp is hard to open so the user can’t take it off.

Mr. Smeenk indicated that the way the system works is if an individual wearing the device disappears. The caregiver would then call EmFinder. EmFinder then activates the device and gets a signal. They then send that signal to the 911 dispatcher in the area where the signal is coming from. They also provide information about the wearer to the 911 dispatch. Normally once the signal is sent out it takes on 10-15 minutes to find the wearer. The devices cost $200 and there is a $25.00 monthly charge. It has has been in the market for only a year and is being directed toward consumers, law enforcement and senior institutions. As the population gets older these types of devices are going to become more popular.

Interview by Carissa O’Brien for Geek News Central.

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