remote sensing the next big thing?

[pellicle]

Hi

a friend sent me this link the other day:
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while its about other medical applications, for us the integration of INR testing and software systems (some already exist, such as ICAD and TRODIS) we could see even better results in our lives. Irrespective of if its INR monitoring or monitoring of other factors for valve patients who do not require anticoagulation therapy.

The evidence gathered from the developments in treatment of diabetes and insulin regulation shows clearly that more accurate monitoring of blood sugar gives improved results.

 

[ottagal]

I was sent this, too. Very intriguing and amazing. Perhaps, this technology will be the wave of the future...

 

[pellicle]

Hi

Perhaps, this technology will be the wave of the future...

well for what its worth, computing was already well developed but stagnant until the internet transformed the computer in to a communications tool. My view on this is that it was communications between people which made computers the most useful to people. Telephony joined with internet protocols has exploded that usefulness.

I expect similar when people see the potentials.

Already I see Apple is working on a "bayonet mount" to add accessories to the camera on the iPhone. Probably this is going to be just lenses in the first instance ... but adding a camera to a device makes it an optical imager. So this is a great first step towards other uses of that ... a camera makes a good basis for a spectrometer for instance.

 

[clay_from_nj]

There are already apps (for Android, at least) that use your camera and light as a pulse-ox meter.

 

[Aggie85]

WOW! Not to pour water on this, but already we see resistance to home monitoring via POC machines, I wonder about how the medical community will react to monitoring via our smart phones! But idea is really cool!
Linda

 

[NewbieSlo]

Hi, I've been reading a lot lately on the subject of heart valve disease and management, and I liked the article that I found here: http://www.valvexchange.com/physicians/

There is quite some reading to do, but basically what they say is, that a major breakthrough would mean:

"Option 1: A Bioprosthetic Valve With Significantly Improved Durability
Option 2: A Mechanical Valve That Does Not Require Coumadin (I know a lot of members here say, that it does not represent a problem for them, but for women in chiildbearing age, that would be huge)
Option 3: An Anticoagulant For Mechanical Valves That Has No Side Effects
Option 4: The Case for an Exchangeable Heart Valve:
Option 5: Revalving with Transcatheter Valves? (Valve-in-Valve )"

What do you think will be the next big thing? New anticoagulant, tissue enginered heart valves, 3 D printing (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-replacement-organs-using-patients-cells.html), something else?

I'm sure that advancements will happen, but I don't think any major breakthrough will come to clinical use in the next 5 to 10 years. Even when there is a breakthrough discovery, it has to be followed by clinical trials, FDA approvals, etc, so I'm affraid that we are looking at minimum 10 years. But I'm sure that in 20 years, there will be advancements, both in prevention of rheumatic fever (vacination against Streptococcus pyogenes - quite some studies are underway: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/06/safe-strep-throat-vaccine-closer-reality, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/781224_2) and treatment.

According to my online research, I think that vacination will come first (and I am positive that this could become reality (with all the trials, approvals etc) in 5 to 10 years time), what do you think?