In-Body Wi-Fi Gadgets Can Warn Doctors of Impending Heart Attacks
We recently reported on some intriguing cell phone software that could track your weight or insulin levels and automatically contact doctors if there were any issues. Now researchers are taking that to the next level with implantable sensors that can wirelessly communicate with doctors automatically in case of an emergency.The sensors use Bluetooth, the same tech that lets you use a hands-free kit in your car sans wires, and would be implanted in the body to monitor heart rate and other statistics, automatically warning doctors of irregularities. Additional sensors applied to medication dispensers could raise alarms if a prescription wasn't being adhered to. And, should you fall unconscious, a call to the local emergency services could be placed for you.
Soon, it seems, you won't even have to say "I've fallen and I can't get up!" to get some help! [Source: TimesOnline]
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Joy and John @ May 7th 2008 12:19PM
May 7, 2008
Um...what if the electronics in the "Bluetooth" trigger a heart
attack? The heart has its own "electronics" controlling with
automatic brain input, regular rhythmic beating of the muscles of
which the heart is made of. If an antennae or the electronics were to
interfere (radio waves and the like) with regular heartbeats, what
would the controlling "mechanism" have to "adapt to" in order to
prevent heart attacks caused by outside radio, electronics and
interference from electronic signals?
I hope that the electronic can have a "shield" that cannot be
affected by outside interference so that the heartbeat of the user
can beat normally and not in a way that would cause too much damage
to the recipient. Perhaps the electronic with shield can be put in in
such a way as to monitor and readily adapt to a changing heartbeat, so
that the wearer can receive the full benefits of such an
implementation. In other words, if the electronic can be adapted per
person, (receiver) then the benefits of the person's heartbeat
without and then with the electronic can be readily written, studied
as well as adapted and then that information can also become useful
for future recipients, causing no or as little damage as possible and
or ideally no real damage as well as saving and protecting life.
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