Bluetooth technology in health care

  • 16 years ago
http://karmavision.tv/video/551/bluetooth_technology_in_health_care.html

BLUETOOTH wireless technology is expanding beyond consumer electronics and will soon be used in medical, health and fitness devices. The Bluetooth SIG announced the formation of a Medical Devices Working Group. This team, made up of 19 member companies including IBM,Intel, Motorola, Nonin Medical, Philips Electronics and Welch Allyn, will work together to create and ratify a Bluetooth Medical Device Profile that will expand the use of Bluetooth technology into the medical, health and fitness markets. The new profile will ensure a comprehensive, yet easy, user experience and optimized interoperability between health-related devices and personal consumer electronics products such as mobile phones,PCs and PDAs where Bluetooth technology is already common