Welcome! Wireless healthcare workshop, TTeC 2008, Tromsø Dag Ausen SINTEF ICT Dag.Ausen@sintef.no Mob: +47-930 59 316
Agenda Welcome & introduction: Wireless healthcare a dream or a possible future? Dag Ausen, SINTEF ICT Wireless Biomedical Sensor Network during surgery Karl Øyri, The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet Wireless sensors & lifestyle Per Hasvold, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine COPD patient models Andre Dias, University of Tromsø Open discussion how to make this happen?
Wireless healthcare network and innovation An initiative to promote and stimulate the development and use of new applications within ICT and medical technology in the healthcare sector. Wireless systems and biomedical sensors are focus areas. National arena for research and innovation Test environments for new technology, products and services Life Science testbed ved Rikshospitalet IVS The Wireless healthcare initiative offers: Test environments in real life Collaboration projects Networking Promotion Open for everybody www.wirelesshealthcare.org Next meetings: 4 Sept.: Standards for patient monitoring, Oslo 23 Sept: Network meeting, Trondheim
Wireless healthcare network and innovation
Healthcare for elderly people
Personalized healthcare
Wireless biomedical sensors
Focus areas Home care for elderly people Personalized health (cronical diseases) Wireless vital sign monitoring of patients What can biomedical sensors and wireless technology offer?
Test environments Biomedical sensors Technical and clinical test environment Users: Industry RTD-projects start-up companies etc Services: Technical validation Clinical validation Verification RTD collaboration
Small biosensors - large opportunities in medicine Early warning Early action Unique technology for the early detection of critical conditions related to blood supply and respiration, addressing considerable unmet needs in medicine. Miniaturized disposable biosensor, IscAlert, early warning of ischemia.
Medical pressure sensors Flow sensing in medical ventilators,as well as muscular force pressure Physiological pressure (including blood pressure)
Wireless biomedical sensors at the hospital Demonstrated live at Rikshospitalet, Oslo 8 February 2008 Biomedical sensors operating in a wireless network within the hospital Biomedical sensors for wireless health applications Wireless Pressure Transducer sensor (Memscap AS) DigiVent sensor (Millicore AB) CardioPatch ECG sensor (Novosense AB) Heart Monitoring Accelerator sensor (VTT) Demonstration of wireless sensor network; live transmission from Operation Room
High High Definition Definition Ultrasound Ultrasound Indoor Indoor Positioning Positioning Systems Systems
Mobile monitoring of heart patients BodyKom Series TM ECG Remote care Helps heart patients to live a normal daily life Operates in all locations with mobile phone coverage
Curvus ECG-system The Mobile Holter Sollution WPR Medical AS www.curvus.no
Summary Wireless healthcare offers: Test environments in real life Collaboration projects Networking Promotion Open for everybody The Wireless Healthcare initiative: www.wirelesshealthcare.org Contact person: Dag Ausen SINTEF ICT Dag.Ausen@sintef.no +47-930 59 316 People save people. Information technology can only improve the chances of doing that better. Ilias Iakovidis (Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, European Commission)