Medical Instrumentation Modules For The Palm Computer

描述（由应用程序提供）：此项目将创建插件模块 使掌上电脑能够作为医疗设备进行数据采集。在 特别是，第一阶段的工作将开发和证明以下方面的可行性： 血压模块。Handspring上的Springboard扩展槽 公司掌上电脑允许使用许多外围设备 有系统。目前的模块包括无线网络调制解调器、GPS系统、 图像捕获和蓝牙无线电模块。估计在 到2004年，20%的美国医生将 在实践中使用手持设备。目前没有医疗 用于Palm设备的仪表模块。第二阶段将扩大血液 压力模块与其他插件模块如脉冲开发 血氧计、心电图仪、血糖监测仪和肺活量计。建立 高度便携式Palm平台的医疗仪器降低了 医疗器械，因为后端处理和用户界面元素 不需要为每个单独的设备创建设备。额外的好处 包括减少转录错误， 从通过无线网络直接加载到数据库的医疗设备。 拟议的商业应用： 在Palm计算机中使用的Springboard模块医疗设备的商业潜力很高。这些模块可以降低设备生产的成本，因为大容量Palm OS计算机的用户界面和网络组件可以在一套医疗设备中使用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by application): This project will create plug-in modules that enable handheld Palm computers as medical devices for data acquisition. In particular, the phase I effort will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a blood pressure module. The Springboard expansion slot on Handspring Corporation Palm handheld computers allows many peripheral devices to be used with system. Current modules include wireless network modems, GPS systems, image capturing, and Bluetooth radio modules. It is estimated that in the medical marketplace for handhelds, by 2004, 20 percent of US physicians will be using handheld devices in their practice. There are presently no medical instrumentation modules for Palm devices. The phase II will expand on the blood pressure module with the development of other plug-in modules such as a pulse oximeter, electrocardiograph, glucose monitor, and spirometer. The creation of medical instruments for the highly portable Palm platform reduces the price of medical devices because the back-end processing and user interface elements of the devices need not be created for each individual device. Additional benefits are gained, including a reduction in transcription errors, by having the data from the medical devices directly loaded to a database over a wireless network. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The commercial potential of medical devices built as Springboard modules for use in Palm computers is high. The modules allow a cost reduction in device production because the user interface and networking components of high-volume Palm OS computers are leveraged for use across a suite of medical devices.