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Vital signs monitoring

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Vital signs are measurements of the body's basic functions, and may be used to assess the general physical health of a person. These signals, which vary with age, weight, gender, and physical condition, are useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems. Vital signs can be measured in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere.

The next generation of vital sign sensor solutions will be smaller and more integrated, will provide more connectivity, will cost less, will sense multiple parameters and will provide more accurate measurements. ams has a wide range of technologies that support the development of these new sensor products. In addition, its optical modules can easily be integrated into systems intended for use in either consumer or medical devices.

ams enables:

  • Non-invasive measurements of medical parameters: pulse rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), blood oxygen
  • Additional vital sign parameters derived from ECG and pulse rate: blood pressure, arterial elasticity and vagal tone
  • Continuous monitoring of  health status as part of a preventive medicine program
  • The development of small, highly integrated, cost effective, medical-grade solutions based on optical modules and supporting algorithms

Med Application - Medical Imaging

Medical Imaging

Advanced medical imaging equipment provides medical practitioners with a window into the body. The pictures that imaging equipment such as CT or PET scanners and endoscopes produce help physicians to diagnose conditions correctly and treat the patient effectively.

 

The importance of imaging means that medical practitioners are constantly calling for more detailed and accurate pictures marred by less noise and distortion.

 

This is where ams technology comes to the fore. Offering outstanding precision, high sampling speeds, low noise and high linearity, ams sensors and sensor interfaces enable medical equipment to render more accurate images with better contrast.

 

Med Application - smart therapy

Smart Therapy

The medical market is producing increasing numbers of ‘connected products’ – devices which have a wired or wireless connection to a cloud computing service, allowing for remote monitoring or management of a patient’s condition or treatment. Examples of smart therapy enabled by connected medical devices include the treatment of people suffering from diabetes, by tracking their blood glucose levels and insulin injections, or of asthmatics, to track their inhaler usage. 

 

Technologies from ams are ideal for use in products such as:

  • Smart insulin pens, using dose measurement sensors and wireless transceivers
  • Smart inhalers, using environmental sensors, compliance sensors and wireless transceivers
  • Smart pill boxes, using compliance sensors and wireless transceivers
     

Med Application - Diagnostics

Point-of-care diagnostics

Point-of-care diagnostics are performed where the patient is, rather than at a laboratory equipped with large, expensive diagnostic instruments. The provision of diagnostic services locally offers many advantages, including a shorter time to wait for results and reduced cost.

 

The keys to the design of successful point-of-care diagnostic equipment are chip-scale integration and miniaturization: this allows for a continual reduction in the cost of equipment, and allows for the provision of additional features such as connectivity in small, handheld form factors.

 

Many biometric sensing applications depend on optical technologies, which offer high sensitivity and the ability to measure multiple parameters. Various ams optical sensing technologies support the development of next-generation point-of-care diagnostics systems, including light detectors, light sources, on-wafer filter technologies and micro-optics lens systems.

 

Optical sensing products from ams are available as chips and as optical modules. The modules include both light sources and detectors, and may be easily integrated into end product designs.