Smart%20Textile-Based%20Wearable%20Biomedical%20Systems:%20A%20Transition%20Plan%20for%20Research%20to%20Reality

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WELCOME
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Smart Textile-Based Wearable Biomedical
SystemsA Transition Plan for Research to
Reality

• JUNIOR RASHID SHAFEER
• CS 7 7509
• YCET

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CONTENTS

• EVOLUTION
• OVERVIEW
• PROMISES AND POTENTIAL
• REALITY
• ANALYSIS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

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EVOLUTION OF ST-WBS

• Challenge to minimize the loss of human life on
  the battle field
• DARPA funded research carried out at Georgia
  Institute of Technology
• Sensate Liner for Casualty Care First wearable
  motherboard / intelligent garment
• Smart Shirt Versatile framework for sensing,
  monitoring and information processing devices

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ST-WBS An Overview

• The unit operations associated with the system
  are
• Sense/Observe
• Process/Transmit
• Interpret/Diagnose
• Respond/Learn

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Promise and Potential of ST-WBS

• Smart Shirt opened up entirely new frontiers in
  civilian healthcare and telemedicine
• The healthcare industrys challenge is to balance
  cost containment with maintenance of desired
  patient outcomes.
• A demand for portable, versatile medical devices
• Smart Shirt enables the physician to interact
  effectively, efficiently, and continuously with
  any patient at anytime

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• To enhance the quality of life for individuals
• Provides a natural interface
• Offers a sense of security
• To transform healthcare monitoring and delivery
  as is being currently practiced
• Doing well by doing good

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Reality

• Since 1990 considerable amount of research has
  been going on in this field
• The European Commission (EC) has been a major
  source of funding research in this area
• More than 35 EC projects with an approximate
  total funding of 60 million (1999 2002)
• These projects follows 2 complementory approaches
  
• Application Pull
• Technology Push

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• Major prototype systems and applications include
  
• Continuous measurement and control of glucose
  concentration in subjects
• Personal ECG monitoring for early detection and
  management of cardiac events
• A wrist multi sensor device for continuous
  monitoring of health status and alert
• A personal mobile health service platform for
  vital signs monitoring based on body area network
• An ambulatory bio-sensing microsystem for
  continuous evaluation of organ feasibility

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• In the area of ST-WBS, the EC has funded
  projects that
• have led to the following key developments.
• VTAMN
• WEALTHY
• MagIC
• MyHeart

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• According to Venture Development Corporation, the
  global market for Wearable biophysical monitoring
  systems is expected to grow to 265 million by
  2007
• A robust textile-based wearable biomedical system
  is yet to enter the marketplace
• To realize its initial goal of enhancing the
  quality of life for individuals
• The transition from research to reality has been
  rather painfully slow

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Analysis

• Technology Success Factors
• The success of any product in the market depends
  on
• Its effectiveness in successfully understanding
  the users needs and meeting them
• Reduction in the cost of current solutions or
  technologies it aims to supplant
• Improvement in the quality of service
• Enhancement of the users convenience.

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• In addition , the adoption of an innovative
  product is
• affected by the following factors
• Relative Advantage
• Compatibility
• Complexity
• Observability
• Trialability

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Analysis of the Major Facets

• The first step in the analysis is to frame a set
  of questions
• that must be addressed from the various
  viewpoints
• Articulation of Need
• Clinical Effectiveness of the Technology
• Cost-Benefits Analysis
• Enhanced Convenience
• Improvement in Quality of Care

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Result of Analysis

• It has been explored that each of the facets
  related to the
• transition of ST-WBS from research to the
  marketplace
• All the facets and the stakeholders must come
  together for
• the ST-WBS technology to become a reality in
  the marketplace

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A Plan Of Action

• The critical step in transitioning ST-WBS to the
  marketplace is to demonstrate the overarching
  value of the technology
• Demonstration of Value of ST-WBS
• The three essential steps to demonstrate the
  value of
• STWBS are
• Establish the robustness of the various
  components of the ST-WBS and finalize system
• Demonstrate the clinical effectiveness of ST-WBS
• Conduct a holistic costbenefit analysis

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A Call To Action

• The venture engaged in enhancing the quality of
  life for individuals by delivering such systems
  to the market can indeed be profitable in the
  long run
• The successful realization of the technology
  requires the integration of multiple building
  blocks of technologies and expertise
• It calls for a bold commitment on the part of the
  commercializing entity to bring these seemingly
  disparate organizations together and make it
  happen

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Conclusion

• The challenge to minimize the loss of human life
  on the battlefield turned out to be the trigger
  for the birth of ST-WBS
• An ST-WBS fulfills need by enabling the physician
  to interact effectively, efficiently, and
  continuously with any patient at anytime, and who
  might be anywhere
• Despite the promise and potential , an ST-WBS is
  yet to enter the marketplace

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• All the facets and the stakeholders must come
  together for
• the ST-WBS technology to become a reality in
  the marketplace
• It calls for a bold commitment on the part of the
  commercializing entity to bring these seemingly
  disparate organizations together and make it
  happen
• A visionary approach coupled with operational
  excellence is indeed needed to transition the
  ST-WBS technology from research to reality

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THANKS