TY - GEN
T1 - Functional contact lenses for remote health monitoring in developing countries
AU - Thomas, N.
AU - Lähdesmäki, I.
AU - Lingley, A.
AU - Liao, Yu-Te
AU - Pandey, J.
AU - Afanasiev, A.
AU - Otis, B.
AU - Shen, T.
AU - Parviz, B. A.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - The opportunities afforded by using a functional contact lens for remote wireless health status monitoring are discussed and the progress to date in the development of this technology platform is presented. A functional contact lens complete with sensors and embedded circuitry can be used to monitor the composition of tear fluid and, by extension, a number of health-status related parameters in the body in a noninvasive and continuous fashion. The data collected by the disposable contact lens may be sent wirelessly to a mobile phone that, in turn, can relay the information to a medical practitioner via the cellular phone network. If successfully developed and deployed, such a system can be used for monitoring a variety of health indicators over a large geographic area and population distribution with minimal need for the physical presence of health care providers.
AB - The opportunities afforded by using a functional contact lens for remote wireless health status monitoring are discussed and the progress to date in the development of this technology platform is presented. A functional contact lens complete with sensors and embedded circuitry can be used to monitor the composition of tear fluid and, by extension, a number of health-status related parameters in the body in a noninvasive and continuous fashion. The data collected by the disposable contact lens may be sent wirelessly to a mobile phone that, in turn, can relay the information to a medical practitioner via the cellular phone network. If successfully developed and deployed, such a system can be used for monitoring a variety of health indicators over a large geographic area and population distribution with minimal need for the physical presence of health care providers.
KW - Contact Lens
KW - Diabetes
KW - Glucose Sensing
KW - Lactate Sensing
KW - Noninvasive Monitoring
KW - Real-time Monitoring
KW - Wireless Health Monitoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855842646&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/GHTC.2011.31
DO - 10.1109/GHTC.2011.31
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855842646
SN - 9780769545950
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011
SP - 212
EP - 217
BT - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011
Y2 - 30 October 2011 through 1 November 2011
ER -
