IBM Health Monitor
Blood pressure cuffs and pill boxes that update via Bluetooth
Photos of the IBM Health Monitor
Novel mobile health monitoring devices such as the blood pressure cuff (left) and pill boxes (right) send data to the mobile phone via Bluetooth. The mobile hub software integrated into the mobile phone (center) forwards the data to a care center for monitoring (screen in the back) and returns reminders or alarms in an emergency.
A Mark of Fitness MF-77 blood pressure monitor and Bang & Olufsen IDAS II patient compliance device, both modified by IBM Engineering & Technology Services to operate with Bluetooth, along with the Sony Ericsson P900 cell phone serving as the communications hub, are running software developed by IBM Research. The patient measurements are viewed in real time via a standard Web browser, are running here on an IBM Thinkpad laptop computer.
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