今天我们住在一个era where M2M communication (Machine to machine communication) forges a new way of life. Currently we have at least 12 million cloud connected devices in operation. This number is expected to cross the 20 billion mark by 2020. The possibilities of sensor embedded (cloud connected) devices have been explored in every field! Yet what seems to be the need of the hour is the rapid advancement of IoT, the Internet Of Things, in the medical sphere.
尽管物联网设备在发达国家中设定了强大的立足点，但仍有数百万用户目前正在阅读这些机器的新颖性。
物联网和云连接的设备都旨在以极大的方式彻底改变医学生态。世界各地的医疗行业正在逐步旨在销售产品并限制服务的销售。物联网也构成了互联网的第三大浪潮，预示着无尽的商机将苹果，Google，Microsoft和许多其他和其他著名制药公司等计算机磁铁融合在一起，以创建可以在护理人员和患者之间灌输透明度的设备。这种进化发展为较小的制药商提供了更新的进化，以在该领域做出更大的贡献。进一步推动该领域的发展是在设备创建中广泛使用的基本材料（如硅）的成本降低。设备的前所未有的小型化也是协助医疗可穿戴设备增长的重要因素。反过来，这又降低了设备的成本，最大程度地利用了制造商，买方和卖方的利润。
The Advantages of IoT Medical Devices In India
In a country like India, a development in this area this would prove beneficial in more than ways than one! This can be for a number of reasons.
- India is known as the IT hub. Hence we are certainly aware of the possibilities of production of cloud based computing devices at lower costs, and are able to produce specialized devices to suit consumer needs.
- We can maximize the reach of medical services using a virtual platform. This in turn gives doctors the impetus to reach out and cure patients even in remote villages at the click of a mouse.
- The use of medical wearables ensures continuous and consistent monitoring of the patient at a single cost.
- The devices play a critical role in avoiding a mishap, as an emergency can be arrested with proper medical attention while it is just developing.
- Devices help avoid unwanted accidents like drug overdose, since only measured quantities are delivered to the patient.
- 它消除了反复产生报告并经历不必要的痛苦和焦虑的成本。嵌入式传感器捕获的水平是标准化的。记录的值始终牢记气候条件，人体类型，饮食摄入量以及可能影响个人到个人阅读的其他因素。
在医疗领域，物联网设备大致分为两类，即a）智能外部可穿戴设备b）智能植入可穿戴设备。
Smart watches are fast becoming a way for life for every health conscious individual. Enlisted below are just two exciting developments in the world of smart external and implantable medical devices. The innovations however don’t stop here! One can find devices that can control brain rhythm, curb obesity, detect cancer, infuse medication at a desired set time, and a lot more. All the recorded data from these medical devices are programmed smartly to appear on an app that can be installed on your smart-phone that can be accessed anytime anywhere.
Some Path-Breaking External Medical Devices
Very often we have issues with posture. This causes back problems and a hoard of other unwarranted ailments. To arrest this problem, ‘Lumo fit’ has designed a wearable that can be attached beneath your clothes, and it can accurately monitor posture. The device will instantly beep when it detects the wrong posture, forcing the patient to take corrective measures.
Google has devised interesting lenses that help track diabetes. The values are recorded using tears from the eyes. This particular innovation is a path breaker as it eliminates the need procure blood in order to capture values.
一些即将推出的可植入医疗设备
因为糖尿病是无情地接管,研究ers from the University of Boston have innovated bionic pancreas that curb diabetes. The device is complete with advanced sensors, which communicates all the recorded data onto an application that is installed on your smartphone.
您是否曾经读过交流的药？好吧，Proteus Digital Health开发了一种智能药丸，不仅将数据记录到您的智能手机上，而且会直接与您的临床医生进行通信。该药丸注入了某些微处理器，可帮助记录所有荒地数据，具体取决于患者的需求。这对于医生记录了他们开出的任何药物的副作用特别有用。
Disadvantages of Medical IoT devices
尽管该领域有惊人的创新，但仍有很多缺点迫使制造商和开发人员重新考虑这些设备的潜力。
- Networks in India are only seemingly seamless, that causes discrepancy in recording the values and transmitting the data effectively.
- 如果要长时间佩戴该设备，外部可穿戴设备可能会很麻烦。
- Standalone features on devices do not entice the customer. They are looking for a lot more in a product for the offered price that is essentially high for the consumer once it hits the market and taxes are levied on the same.
- There is a lurking worry of how medical insurance companies will cover device costs in the future.
- The wearer could be put though issues of privacy, as the information can be fabricated as some of the devices can be virtually hacked.
- 研究人员还忽略了内部和外部对该设备过敏的问题。
- Also the device working with patients could prove tricky indeed! A lot of patients could resort to their own quick fix DIY resorts that could deflect the reading on the imbedded or implanted monitor, throwing measured values on prescribed medication off guard.
- India is a poverty stricken country, will people in the remoter area be able to procure these devices with ease and also afford the same? After all health doesn’t underline a potential target audience.
End Note
我想补充一点，当人们看着增长，利润，有时甚至是个人的幸福感时，就材料的质量而言，很多人都被忽略了。同样，制造商只看他们倾向于忽略所有最终产品上的所有百分比，这使得普通人很难购买产品。
