October 6, 2011
WPI Researcher Turns Smart Phone Into Medical Monitor
A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has developed a smart phone application that can capture and transmit vital signs.
The app can measure heart rate, heart rhythm, respiration rate and blood oxygen saturation when patients place their fingers on the camera of the smart phone. WPI said the app yields vital signs as accurate as medical monitors now in clinical use.
The app would allow patients to measure and submit their own medical data, which could improve detection of diseases such as atrial fibrillation.
The team, lead by Prof. Ki Chon, reported the details of their invention in an online biomedical engineering journal.
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