Explore chapters and articles related to this topic
Provide reminders
Published in Michael Wiklund, Kimmy Ansems, Rachel Aronchick, Cory Costantino, Alix Dorfman, Brenda van Geel, Jonathan Kendler, Valerie Ng, Ruben Post, Jon Tilliss, Designing for Safe Use, 2019
Michael Wiklund, Kimmy Ansems, Rachel Aronchick, Cory Costantino, Alix Dorfman, Brenda van Geel, Jonathan Kendler, Valerie Ng, Ruben Post, Jon Tilliss
Many healthcare devices provide reminders to help users manage their treatment and maintain their devices. For example, continuous blood glucose monitoring (CGM) systems provide people with diabetes with real-time glucose readings and glucose trends that help them better manage their diabetes. But, if CGMs are not calibrated regularly, the systems can produce inaccurate readings and frequent false alarms. So, such systems typically provide calibration reminders approximately every 12 hours, reminding users to measure their blood glucose with a glucose meter and use the result to calibrate the system.4
Blockchain-Enabled Secure Platforms for Management of Healthcare Data
Published in Arun Solanki, Vishal Jain, Loveleen Gaur, Applications of Blockchain and Big Iot Systems, 2023
Nimrita Koul, Sunilkumar S. Manvi
The data collected by wearable sensors in IoT devices can reveal important health conditions and insights about the person’s health and even enable remote diagnosis and care. Some examples of medical IoT devices are:A blood pressure cuff and a symptom tracking app used by cancer patients. This device sends regular updates to the physician on the response of the patient to cancer drugs.A blood glucose monitoring device that continuously monitors the blood glucose levels of a diabetic patient at regular intervals over a period of days and reports them to the doctor.An open-source system for closed-loop insulin delivery to bloodstream of the patient. This device acts as a continuous blood glucose monitor and delivers the required amount of insulin to the patient’s blood stream.Smart connected inhalers for management of asthma. This device has a sensor attached to an inhaler. The sensor can collect data that is analyzed to detect the causes underlying the asthmatic attack or pulmonary distress. This device can track the use of medicine by the patient and forecast allergies due to allergens.Ingestible sensors are embedded in medicine pills and ingested by the patient. The sensors, once inside the body, relay data to a smart phone application.Google has ventured into the development of smart contact lenses. These lenses were to measure the levels of tear glucose and alert diabetes patients about the dangerous blood glucose levels.Apple has created a watch that can detect depression in patients. This watch is connected to a smartphone application which allows continuous monitoring of patients with depression.A device that can detect the speed of blood coagulation in patients has been developed. This device is useful to patients on blood thinners and other medicines with a risk of developing clots, strokes, or hemorrhages.Apple watch with its research API can detect Parkinson’s disease in wearers.
Comparative assessment of blood glucose monitoring techniques: a review
Published in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 2023
Nivad Ahmadian, Annamalai Manickavasagan, Amanat Ali
Globally, over 90% of diabetic people have type 2 diabetes. Socio-economic, demographic, environmental and genetic factors are mainly responsible for type 2 diabetes. According to the latest estimates of the international diabetes federation (IDF), currently, 537 million people have diabetes with the projection of 643 million by 2030 and 784 million by 2045, causing estimated health expenses of US$966 billion [3]. Data suggests that type 2 diabetes may be prevented, through early diagnosis and its complications can be prevented through access to appropriate care [4]. Early diagnosis of diabetes coupled with effective ongoing diabetes management strategies can minimise the risks of late-stage complications such as blindness, kidney failure, and chronic cardiovascular diseases [5,6]. Proper diet plans, physical activity, blood glucose monitoring and strategic use of anti-diabetic medication can bring diabetes under the control of patients [7]. In order to manage diabetes, patients must keep track of their glucose level at least five times a day through a proper blood glucose monitoring routine [5].
The modern pharmacological approach to diabetes: innovative methods of monitoring and insulin treatment
Published in Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2022
Iulian Tătaru, Oana M. Dragostin, Iuliu Fulga, Florentina Boros, Adelina Carp, Ariadna Maftei, Carmen L. Zamfir, Aurel Nechita
In the case of this type of blood glucose monitoring, the sensor is inserted or implanted under the skin and provides continuous monitoring of glucose in the interstitial fluid throughout the day, the data being then sent to an external monitor. The test is performed by an electrochemical process (Figure 2) using glucose oxidase, an enzyme with good stability and substrate specificity [26].