Hi,
Yes, this is what I have expected, it's really closed market, and that makes me :S sad. However, I have seen FOSS softwares, that are able to provide EKG, bloodpressure, and such analytic purposes. I have seen also in hacker sites, where you can turn simple webcam into a microscope. So, if needs a certification that IMHO doesn't close out that the software inside be closed source, right? The question is the following: is it possible to set/make an computer and a kit eg. USB accessories in a box that helps to doctors, ER units? I mean, diagnostic software tools in a box... and some USB wired sensors, and such. I understand the concerns, and the problems, but I feel that there is a lot of potential.
Zoltan
2013/10/16 Ian Malone ibmalone@gmail.com
On 15 October 2013 20:02, Sebastian Hilbert sebastian.hilbert@gmx.net wrote:
Hi all,
Am Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2013, 19:13:49 schrieb Zoltan Hoppar:
Hi Mario,
Yes, usually here at Hungary, I really miss one lightweight computer,
that
would be usable not only for direct communication, else maybe for quick analyses as tons of stuff can be plugged to USB. I would like to come closer to this problem to have an distribution, softwares that provides
a
tiny lab (EKG, EEG, carbon monoxide sensors, and many more) for
emergency
units to their field kit, and gives direct contact to doctors, or other specialists. With that, I think possibly we can replace with open source based softwares 4-5 or more devices with only a single computer.
What do you think, you see any potential in this idea? Can we provide
open
source alternative?
I am a doctor in Germany and I have trouble understanding what you are
after.
Do you plan on replacing existing medical devices ? Good luck with that.
All
medical devices need to be certified. OpenSource for certified devices ?
What a
dream.
That was my initial reaction too, but on reflection medical devices actually have less arduous development than drugs do. You could conceivably do this with a university or research hospital with a clinical trials unit behind you, get the software and candidate hardware in place then let them deal with the required testing and approvals.
IEEE ran an interesting article a while back about how outdated lots of medical hardware is (they took defibrillators as an example).
However you should attempt to create a software platform for vendors to
build
upon. It takes more then a spin. Think about hardening the software for
the
hardware device. Optimize for boot speed. You don't have 30 seconds for
that
thing to boot. I know that systems are sold that are even worse. But
those
systems are made by rich companies.
Starting points [1] http://qdot.github.io/libomron/ [2] http://mdcf.santos.cis.ksu.edu/ [3]
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mobilecg-accessible-clinical-grade-electro...
[4]
http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1525&context=cis...
If you manage to create a software stack that runs on some tablet from
factor
device, boots the operating system up in 3 seconds, runs an EKG viewer
for [3]
, runs GNUmed [5] you are well ahead of the crowd.
If you then manage to build a solution that makes available in almost
realtime
the EKG and blood pressure information to a nearby hospital via wireless uplink you are leading the crowd.
[5] wiki.gnumed.org
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