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Medical Wearables
Software development for medical wearables
Medical wearables support diagnosis & treatment
We offer medical professionals innovative software development for medical wearables. Wearables are small computer systems that can be worn on the body, such as smartwatches or fitness trackers.
Medical wearables can support health care professionals, i.e. doctors, paramedics and nursing staff, in their daily diagnosis and treatment or also be helpful in clinical studies, as they measure many analysable vital parameters.
Our specialized apps process the collected data, presenting it in user-friendly tables and diagrams to aid in decision-making and patient care.
In Europe, medical wearables are regulated under the Medical Device Regulation, which is implemented nationally through the Medical Devices Act. Despite the high standards required, our team of experts in software development and quality management is well-versed in these regulations, ensuring compliance and high-quality solutions.
Offer for prototypes for software development for wearables
SINOVO experimented with software development for medical wearables at a very early stage and developed prototypes for parcel scanning for DPD. Let us advise you on an offer for this..
Looking ahead, we anticipate numerous applications in the medical sector where hands-free operation is essential, and where tablets or smartphones may be too cumbersome for daily use.
We would be happy to develop a prototype according to your requirements, whether you are a medical device manufacturer, pharmaceutical company, clinic, doctor, emergency service, or nursing staff. Once you are satisfied with the prototype, we can finalize the development and, if desired, help you bring it to market with CE marking as a certified medical product.
Realising your ideas in wearables software
No doubt you can also spontaneously think of scenarios for medical wearables software, such as rescue and care services, where wearables can significantly simplify processes and work.
We look forward to realising your ideas!
Our development expertise for your product launch
As a medical device manufacturer, pharmaceutical company or clinic, take advantage of our development expertise and specialist knowledge to accelerate the product launch of your wearables.
By working with us as an experienced partner for the development of apps and software for medical wearables, you as a manufacturer or clinic can concentrate on your core competences. This allows you to accelerate the product launch of your wearables.
Fulfil high data protection requirements for patient data
The potential of wearables is huge. You can find some examples of this below. In order for the potential to be realised, patient data must be transmitted. The data is not only necessary for analysing individual cases, but also for making more accurate predictions and avoiding potential health risks in advance.
The availability of data via cloud services or from the manufacturers themselves also raises numerous questions:
- What happens to the data?
- Where is the data stored?
- Who has access to the collected data?
- Who has sovereignty over the stored data?
Only end-to-end secure connectivity minimises the potential risks when transferring sensitive patient data from the device to the cloud. Our software developers ensure this for you and adhere strictly to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Six application examples
Below you will find six possible application examples of wearables. The examples show what benefits medical wearables can have for patients, carers and doctors in the future.
In particular, medical wearables with cognitive software offer potential and thus application examples from which doctors and patients can benefit during treatments and operations.
Through in-depth processing and understanding of natural language, cognitive software offers the possibility of answering natural questions and providing advice and guidance. Doctors today recognise this potential in medical wearables with such software.
Medical wearables for monitoring blood glucose and regulation in diabetes patients are very advanced.
Wearables are equipped with a sensor on the underside to measure blood pressure or blood oxygen levels. With the help of reflective light beams, they are now able to measure blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation.
A particular advantage of medical wearables is that they can support the doctor-patient relationship. For patients with poor adherence to medication, medical wearables can take over the work by reminding them to take their medication or immediately supplying the required medication when needed.
By connecting a wearable to a cognitive system, it is also possible to better customise treatment to patients in the short term and develop better treatment regimens in the long term. The latter can shorten patients' hospital stays in favour of outpatient treatment without reducing the quality and safety of medical care.
Medical wearables can be used in a variety of ways in telemedicine. Doctors who monitor all the patient's reliably measured vital functions can initiate treatment more quickly in the event of health-threatening deviations. In addition, a treatment consultation via video conferencing eliminates the need for doctors or patients to make several trips for follow-up care.
Medical wearables can provide advance warning, particularly in the case of chronic diseases, where patients often only recognise a deterioration in their health too late. In future, for example, they could detect dangerous atrial fibrillation, a precursor to a heart attack or stroke, at an earlier stage. In this case, a depot under the skin could deliver the necessary medication in good time.
Doctors don't have to take their eyes off their patients in critical situations and have their hands free to operate.
This is because doctors can use wearables, such as virtual reality headsets, in which cognitive software and intelligent sensors are integrated, to continuously query medically relevant vital signs verbally during an operation. These vital signs, such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, then appear in the virtual reality headset.
During an operation, doctors wearing virtual reality headsets can also be joined by other doctors. The virtual reality headsets are equipped with a video conferencing solution that allows other doctors to participate visually and acoustically in the operation and provide collegial support.
Medical wearables offer significant advantages, especially in clinical trials. They can collect vital signs in real time, enabling a more objective and comprehensive assessment of patients' health status than questionnaires. They also involve the participants more during the study and reduce the number of regular visits to the doctors.
This could significantly reduce the amount of treatment required by doctors and nursing staff and thus contribute to lowering treatment costs. Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry and doctors have recognised this potential.
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