The Healthcare and Enterprise Wireless Experience

Plug and Play with Sentry Card

Integra Systems, Inc. wanted to develop a SmartCard to house vital and important medical information and device data in a secure fashion that would be portable. We reached out to a pioneer in the disk drive space that shared our vision. That was over five years ago.

That vision and timing of the market has evolved to SentryCard.

SentryCard crosses all the silos of IT and physical infrastructure to provide secure biometric authentication without costly forklift technology upgrades. Physical and IT security requirements are converging in a rapid fashion and this solution provides the answer to this.

This company is getting huge traction across the enterprise in multiple verticals.

We see major opportunity in the healthcare and medical device space.

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Nordic Q4 2020 Wireless Quarterly

NordicSemi is the "gold standard" for SOC low power secure connectivity. We have consistently recommended their use with partners on several projects. The resulting regulatory approval and application performance have been nothing short of outstanding

From the WQ issue 4, 2020, page 6.

- $21.8 billion - All time record high in healthcare funding Q3 2020.

- 1,500 + Number of global healthcare deals completed in Q3 2020.

- $2.8 billion invested in telehealth funding in Q3 2020, a 73 percent increase over Q2 2020 to an industry itself worth an estimated $81 billion.

- $2 billion invested into healthcare AI companies across 121 deals

- 4 of the 5 leading causes of death in the United States are due to chronic diseases that drive nearly 75 percent of total healthcare spending.

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Integra Systems Team - Regulatory and Engineering Expertise

Integra Systems, Inc. has assembled a world-class engineering, clinical, and regulatory team to bring IoT enabled wearable medical device products to the market. We have the regulatory experts that understand and have the proven experience of taking a product from the concept beginning to the end approval of the FDA 510(k) process. In addition, we have the wireless experts that have the engineering expertise that have brought unique medical medical devices enabled by different wireless capabilities to the market. References: FDA Document Final Issue 14, August 2013, ANSI C63.4-2013, ANSI C63.27-2017, AAMI TIR69-2017, AIM 7351731-2017, IEC 60601.

One of many, but a project example.

Start up medical device company in surgical instrumentation requested expertise for wireless communication. Integra Systems sourced the correct BLE SOC with the right embedded module, brought in outside expertise for regulatory requirements, conducted the required wireless testing, and finally packaged everything for submittal from a wireless and cyber security side. Company received a regulatory approval straight forward that allowed a immediate go to market opportunity.

NordicSemi BLE Wireless Quarterly 2020

2020 has been a very busy year for Integra Systems, Inc., on many fronts.

Please see the latest Nordic Q2 2020 Quarterly.

The opportunities in the BLE space connected to 4G/5G is transforming our work model across multiple enterprise markets in a very rapid fashion. It all about not only the connectivity model; but also about secure and managed deployments.

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Nordic Wireless Quarterly - The first of this decade

See the first version this decade of the Wireless Quarterly from Nordic Semiconductor. www.nordicsemi.com is the leading provider of BLE SOC(s), "system on a chip".

BLE is changing the game in all kinds of unique applications never before thought possible. Note also the release of BLE 5.2.

Commercial 4G LTE-M and NB IoT solutions are now hitting the market in a big way in 2020. The value of Cellular IoT is it allows almost anything to connect globally to the macro cellular network without having to deal with a middle gateway.

Over time Cellular IoT will change as 5G is released. However realized now 4G will meet the huge demand of applications as they hit mainstream in 2020.

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Healthcare Communications Mobility Command Center

Integra Systems, Inc has brought together a combined partnership of technologies and companies that will offer to multiple enterprise markets secure field communications.

These solutions can be deployed immediately for the required mission needs.

Two versions exist:

Healthcare Command Center
Field Mobile Command Center

What is the business value?

- An immediate deployable self contained one box solution for secure connectivity for multiple Wi-Fi client devices with backhaul 4G connectivity with no IT requirements from the end user.

Connectivity live on site.

Both configurations consist of using a ruggedized router, an internal battery for many hours of run time on a single charge, external weather proof charging ports, and even solar charging.

All the electronics are enclosed as well as antennas in a military spec IP67 case, lockable and secure, that is fully functional when the case is closed and locked.

DOD FIPS 140-2 Wi-Fi is provided for all Wi-Fi devices, with Verizon LTE 4G as the backhaul with dual redundancy of the ATT network if failover is required.

We provide through our partner the network activation, kitting, shipping and billing. This is a complete “turn-key” solution for rapid field deployment for needed Wi-Fi connectivity with backhaul 4G connectivity to the cloud.

Field Mobile Command Center Details
Wireless Connectivity

Connectivity is provided via a ruggedized LTE Cradlepoint router with remote web-based access to all key configurations, reliable and secure VPN connectivity is standard, enterprise grade security is provided to the DOD requirements as described, and the solution is capable of up to 128 individual Wi-Fi connections in a simultaneous fashion.
Verizon On-Talk phones are standard on the Healthcare Command center

Power

External Power is provided but also this solution can be self-contained via a 11,000 mAh battery for extended deployments

Totally Self-Contained

All electronics are enclosed in the IP67 rugged case. Antenna elements are built into the internal lid of the case thus eliminating tampering. The healthcare command center is a wheel-behind design as well as TSA compliant. Both cases are lockable, secure, and tamperproof

External Port Access

Weatherproof exterior port access is provided to all USB data, charging, WLAN/LAN and power.

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Proof-Positive Converged Biometric Security

Does your current form of identification provide a proof-positive answer to these two most fundamental security questions?

Can you prove you are who you say you are?

Can you prove you're authorized to do what you are trying to do?

Sentry Enterprise has introduced a converged biometric security - "The First of Its Kind"

- A multi-function, ultra-thin, ISO compliant credential requiring a biometric fingerprint verification for activation of physical access (HID or MiFARE), as well as logical access.

- Biometrics are enrolled, stored, and matched solely within the credential, safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Fully compliant with GDPR and CCPA regulations.

- No battery. Leverages advanced technology to harvest and amplify power wirelessly emitted by virtually any contactless card reader.

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The Business Value of NB-IoT and LTE-M Location Tracking

Carriers and transport companies have moved goods for decades and by nature they have systems in place that do this in a reliable fashion. It is a point to point business delivery model. You ship, they deliver.

We have found through our on-going pilots as well as our internal shipment logistics several business pains that needed to be solved.


These are defined as follows:

- Shipments are shown to be delivered..but the shipment is not received. Where did it go?

- Most companies are self insured; so on a high value product of say $30,000, the cost of insurance will be
in the hundreds of dollars; much more than the cost of shipping. Insurance is often declined and the
high value package is treated no different than any other package.

- The shipment may have incurred a high degree of stress or temp variations during the delivery process, but there is no
way to find out the where and when and if...hence no audit trail Where is the audit trail?

- If a delivery must remain in a certain place, there is no ability to ensure that it remains within that
certain place or know if it has been moved. Hence it could be stolen

- The NB-IoT and LTE-M Location Tracking has to be able to be used globally in a seamless fashion. This means that any NB-IoT or LTE-M locating tracking solution has to be seamless roaming across all carriers. Our solution makes this happen.

- Companies do not have the internal expertise to deploy a NB-IoT and LTE-M Location based solution let
alone on a global basis. This is not core to their expertise.

- Proprietary location systems are available, but they highly expensive and are not able to be used across all
the carriers.

The bottom line is we are connecting the technology, software, and cloud based management that has major value for the enterprise space.

Innovations in Tracking High Value Assets

Today's high value assets can be tracked by delivery on-line in transit; but once it gets to it's destination the responsibility ends there

Inventory sometimes is lost upon receipt at the destination

Integra Systems, Inc. has developed a ecosystems IoT offering to track assets effectively at a very competitive price point. It is the first tracker of it's kind with NB-IoT, LTE-M, and GPS that has an extensive battery life.

Additionally this solution includes BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), a motion accelerometer together with a temperature sensor; and to include a unique activated service button.

Finally, this is globally carrier qualified and built to industrial hardware requirements. The SIM is activated on the appropriate network, product is kitted, then shipped. Zero IT requirements from the user.

In other words, ready to go out of the box upon receipt to provide immediate business value.

The return on investment of this architected end to end solution is:

- Reducing potential theft and to allow the user to be in control of the knowledge and location awareness of any high value asset real time on a global basis
- Ensure temperature control on critical assets
- Detect movement to deter theft and validate the shipment
- Validate and verify potential shock to the shipment

All of this is accomplished through a managed portal that the customer has access to combined with customized geofencing and algorithms tailored to the user.

RTLS or now location tracking for 2020 - Integra Systems, Inc. offerings

Integra Systems, Inc. has been in around the RTLS space since 1999 and we have seen a lot of changes.

For the sake of now 2020, we will drop the nomenclature of RTLS because we consider this legacy. New business models have come onto the scene based upon the advancement in technology offerings. For example BLE with now 5.1 provides location accuracy never before obtained. Now there is also the release of BLE 5.2.

What are the challenges of asset tracking?

• There is no real time way of tracking high value assets during shipment
• How do you know where your actual asset is throughout the supply chain?
• How do you avoid theft?
• Movement cannot be monitored
• Often there is a need for high cost proprietary infrastructure.
• Temperature sensitive assets cannot be monitored.

BLE is now in every smart phone yet alone being incorporated into the leaders of the WLAN enterprise infrastructure thus we have an indoor solution that takes advantage of the technology changes.

As a result of all this is when standards prevail, costs drop, and then wide spread adoption comes.

Now the location tracking space with NB-IoT and LTE-M, location tracking has moved beyond walls of a building that literally can be anywhere on a global basis.

Integra Systems, Inc has the capabilities through our business partners to provide real business value add solutions for asset tracking throughout the enterprise space.

Our partner ecosystem is globally qualified, and has a strong market presence of 1,500,000 IoT kits deployed with over 50,000 unique configurations.

The solution described is a logistics tracking solution that is based upon cellular 4G which also supports BLE and Wi-Fi.

Positioning is provided by using Global Navigation Satellite System with the ability to provide measurement frequency for positioning and sensor data that can be viewed and changed at any point.

This architecture provides the basics of Geo Location, Interval, Temperature Alarm, and Shock detection alarm. This additionally includes a IoT platform for Alarm panel geo fencing, input of additional sensor data, as well as routing and sensor historical data.

All of this can be tied into a cloud solution via a API or web user client, with direct ERP integration.