Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), one of the world’s leading high-tech applied research institutions, is officially set to announce the introduction of new privacy-focused medical innovations at CES.
According to certain reports, the stated innovations include the High-Privacy AI Digital Caregiver, the Intelligent Medical Assistant Solution (iMAS), Janus, MedBobi, and iKNOBeads.
Talk about High-Privacy AI Digital Caregiver, co-developed by ITRI and Streamteck, it happens to be an advanced remote monitoring system which leverages thermal imaging and millimeter wave radar technologies to detect patients’ vital signs and activities with hospital-level accuracy, while simultaneously maintaining privacy at all times. More on the same would reveal how this technology arrives on the scene with an ability to track bed exits, falls, and prolonged inactivity so to promptly alert caregivers via a mobile app when abnormalities are detected.
Beyond that, thanks to its compact design, the solution is understood to be perfect for use in clinics, wards, nursing homes, and homes, offering a cost-effective telemedicine solution in each of these settings.
Taking a feature-specific view of things here, we begin from the solution’s promise to provide privacy thermal imaging. By doing so, the solution effectively eliminates any need for cameras, thus ensuring patient privacy. Furthermore, it boasts fine resolution of 3.75 cm (compared to a competitor’s 60 cm), something which helps the solution big time in identifying images and enjoy action detection error rate of <1% for activities like prolonged lying, bed exits, and falling.
Next up, there is a facility in play for real-time alerts. These alerts are sent via a mobile app to immediately notify caregivers of any abnormal incidents. Such a setup, like you can guess, treads up a long distance to facilitate early detection of emergencies, and therefore, cut down on staff response time from one hour to just one minute. Alongside that, it also, quite significantly, improves remote monitoring, emergency response rates, and outcomes.
Turing our attention towards the availability of a multi-sensory module, the solution features a 60-GHz mmWave radar and thermal imaging sensors that, on their part, can accurately detect body temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation, matching the accuracy of hospital equipment.
Another detail worth a mention here is rooted in the potential for hospital-level precision. To better understand that, ITRI worked alongside Streamteck to test 50 units at a Hospital long-term care facility, where they successfully met National Early Warning Score (NEWS) standards. You see, unlike competitors with up to a 10% margin in respiration detection accuracy, the High-Privacy AI Digital Caregiver achieved accuracy of <±2 bpm for respiratory rate, <5% for heart rate, <±0.3 degrees Celsius for body temperature, <±2% for blood oxygen, as well as maintained a 90% accuracy rate for blood pressure trends.
It also displayed an action detection error of <1% for activities such as prolonged standing, sitting, lying down, bed exits, and falling.
Then, we have Janus, which would be an AI-powered cybersecurity solution, designed to transform medical device manufacturing. This it does by integrating seamlessly into the process to eventually help manufacturers meet rigorous global compliance standards like FDA, HIPAA, and NIST.
At launch, the solution is well-equipped to protect devices from cyber threats, monitor M-IoT communications in real time, and detect suspicious activities. It can also simplify network logs, update firewalls dynamically, and streamline compliance processes. Such a setup, like you can guess not only enhances product security, but it also chips in to boost market competitiveness.