Mexican companies develop a T-shirt to monitor heart rhythm through mobile devices that send information to a medical facility to provide immediate assistance to the user in case of detected anomalies.
The garment made an electrocardiogram in a few seconds and send it via "bluethooth" to an operations center where it will be interpreted by doctors, said Carlos Manuel Figarola, coordinator of new projects Medisist medical products company, one of those involved in the project.
Figarola added that with this data cardiologists may contact the patient and warn you if you need to go to a health center.
"This will be very helpful for people suffering from diseases like high blood pressure or heart problems, because it will give the assurance that their doctor will be monitored at any time of day and where you are," he said.
The shirt, which could be sold in the last quarter of the year, shall conform to the body and work with fabric electrodes that monitor heart rate and permanently store data in a device just eight centimeters.
The patient's cell bluethooth receive this signal and send the information as a text message, the operations center.
Aided by a computer program designed by Medisist, specialists will follow up patient data 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, he said Figarola.
"If the system detects something unusual, immediately turn on an alarm signal is given notice to the doctor and this is brought into contact with the user to ask questions that help determine the severity of the problem," he said.
The company, from the state of Jalisco but business in the U.S. and Canada, aims to offer patients a comprehensive medical service.
In addition to cardiac monitoring, will provide mobile devices to record blood glucose levels and blood pressure, helping to create a complete medical history.
Athletic Jalisco textile company, working on the development of fiber cables to the devices and more comfortable in the final design will have the shirt.
In a second stage garment companies adapted to monitor vital signs and assist athletes in their sporting performance
The garment made an electrocardiogram in a few seconds and send it via "bluethooth" to an operations center where it will be interpreted by doctors, said Carlos Manuel Figarola, coordinator of new projects Medisist medical products company, one of those involved in the project.Figarola added that with this data cardiologists may contact the patient and warn you if you need to go to a health center.
"This will be very helpful for people suffering from diseases like high blood pressure or heart problems, because it will give the assurance that their doctor will be monitored at any time of day and where you are," he said.
The shirt, which could be sold in the last quarter of the year, shall conform to the body and work with fabric electrodes that monitor heart rate and permanently store data in a device just eight centimeters.
The patient's cell bluethooth receive this signal and send the information as a text message, the operations center.
Aided by a computer program designed by Medisist, specialists will follow up patient data 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, he said Figarola.
"If the system detects something unusual, immediately turn on an alarm signal is given notice to the doctor and this is brought into contact with the user to ask questions that help determine the severity of the problem," he said.
The company, from the state of Jalisco but business in the U.S. and Canada, aims to offer patients a comprehensive medical service.
In addition to cardiac monitoring, will provide mobile devices to record blood glucose levels and blood pressure, helping to create a complete medical history.
Athletic Jalisco textile company, working on the development of fiber cables to the devices and more comfortable in the final design will have the shirt.
In a second stage garment companies adapted to monitor vital signs and assist athletes in their sporting performance
Source: EFE News
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