Healthcare Wireless and Device Connectivity: Zigbee

Covidien Innovation - IRIS Imaging Technology

Covidien moves the innovation envelope again. Integra Systems, Inc., has been involved with the wireless and connectivity side of the next generation Kangaroo pump for several years.

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The M to M or Machine to Machine Marketplace Healthcare

While the M to M market has taken off like gangbusters in other vertical markets, it has is slowly exploding into healthcare. Integra Systems, Inc. in 2010 with partners designed a solution for a Zigbee to Zigbee enabled medical device to embedded web server to GSM services. All under 90 days. Interesting to note one of the largest embedded design manufactures of chipsets is following the same path. Just confirms if you have the right strategy at the right price point medical devices whether in the home or otherwise will be connected.

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Integra Systems and LANTRONIX

Integra Systems has worked with LANTRONIX and AVTECH to complete the first ever Zigbee to Zigbee to embedded device server to GSM module with a web interface for a medical device company. www.lantonix.com. The MatchAR had a Zigbee radio attached to one serial in and the GSM board was overlaid on the serial out. All done in less than 90 days.

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Network Medical Device Integration Zigbee to Wide Area

Integra Systems, Inc. with partners has recently worked with a medical device company to complete a Zigbee enabled medical device to Zigbee embedded device server with real time connectivity over GSM. All in under 6 months of development time with full web page duplex connectivity and text messaging. Oh yes, portable with battery backup and about the size of a AC adapter.

www.lantronix.com

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Wireless in Healthcare Follows Other Vertical Industrial Markets (PLC)

Over ten years ago I worked with www.opto22.com in Temecula, California which is the market leader in IP enabling PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers). Their solutions allow any non IP enabled device (PLC or other) to become IP enabled with complete integration into any enterprise grade SNMP system. The purpose back then was to use a FHSS (Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum Radio) and figure out an embedded solution. Now they have moved forward to an enterprise grade 802.11a/b/g/n approach. So, the question comes up; what the heck does industrial automation have to do with medical devices? Pretty much the same in a lot of areas. You have a lot of legacy non-IP enabled serial based medical devices that were never intended to be "networked". In some instances you simply do not need the bandwidth of 802.11a/b/g/n; but Zigbee needs to be used. (You also have power issues as well from 802.11a/b/g/n.) From the use model (remote servicing) you now need a true M to M (Man to Machine) interface. Now with the global move to 4G and the use model of GSM/CDMA; the "connectivity" to the device end has been baked, and you also have the back end solution as well enabled. Integra Systems, Inc. is working on several design concepts to enable in-home and out of the hospital enterprise equipment to realize true M to M.