Even before we are aware of the heart problems or related health problems, our bodies give off foreign signs in the form of vibrations. The technology to detect these signals has gone from electrodes and watches. Now, an innovative wall technology is capable of monitoring vital signs. Advanced TeleSensers Inc. has developed the Cardi / O monitor with an exclusive license from the NASA jet propulsion laboratory in South California.
For five years, NASA engineers have created a small contactless and inexpensive device to measure the vital signs, a difficult task in part because monitoring of the heart rate requires choosing movements of about one three thousandth inch, which are easily overwhelmed by other movements in the environment.
In the late 1990s, equipment and computer technology could take up the challenge, and the NASA JPL team created a prototype the size of a thick manual. He would make a radio bundle to a stationary person, working in a similar way to a radar, and algorithms have differentiated the cardiac and respiratory activity of the “noise” of other movements.
When Sajol Ghoshal, now CEO of Austin, Advanced Texas TeleSensers, participated in a demonstration of the prototype, he saw the home surveillance potential. By then, the development of an affordable device was possible due to the miniaturization of sensors and computer technology.
The Cardi / s monitor measures 3 square inches and rises on a ceiling or a wall. It can detect vital signs of up to 10 feet. Several devices can be dispersed in a house, with a smartphone application controlling the settings and displaying all the data on a single dashboard. NASA algorithms have developed heart rate and detection breathing, and the company has added a detection of heart rate variability which indicates the apnea of stress and sleep.
If there is an abnormality, such as a spectacular increase in heart rate, an application alert draws attention to the situation. Up to six months of data is stored in a secure cloud, which makes it accessible to health care providers. This limits the need for regular visits in person, which is particularly important for conditions such as infectious diseases, which can endanger healthcare professionals and other patients.
Thanks to the marketing of this life conservation technology, NASA is at the heart of the progress of health solutions.