In recent years, medical devices are moving toward homes, and medical scenarios are also extending to homes. Healthy smart wearable devices are the extended tentacles, which meet the needs of consumers for health management in an intelligent and miniaturized way. , combined with big data, AI and other technologies, it has begun to play the role of health risk assessment, intelligent early warning, and personalized health management, becoming the entrance to the Internet of Things ecosystem.
Market research organization Ahadome predicts that the application of smart wearable devices in the medical and health fields will become mainstream, accounting for more than 50%. 2012 is also known as "the first year of wearable devices", but many products have been reduced to "toys".
To have more say in the medical field, wearable devices need to enter the core of medical care and become more irreplaceable.
There are many companies that want to break through barriers and enter medical centers. Apple has launched an FDA-certified ECG monitoring product on Apple watch, and there is also iRhythm, which was launched in 2016 with a market value of US$891 million.
When most products were still without authoritative certification and submerged in the homogenization bubble, Arterial Network discovered VivaLNK: a medical IoT company originating from Silicon Valley. Cooperating with Google on the "electronic skin" project, its first medical-grade flexible smart body temperature patch product has obtained multiple professional certifications including FDA, CE Medical, TGA, etc., and cooperated with Reckitt & Benckiser, a Fortune 500 company, to successfully achieve worldwide Internal commercialization.
Based on the basic technology platform, VivaLNK has launched the "Developer Program" developer project for the global market, with a view to building a medical Internet of Things (IoHT) ecosystem with its partners. Currently, VivaLNK joins hands with AlacrityCare and Myia to jointly promote innovation in remote diagnosis and treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In addition to helping provide clinical solutions for cancer and cardiovascular diseases, VivaLNK has also reached cooperation with Stanford University and Case Western Reserve University to expand pressure management research.
How will VivaLNK, which has both underlying technology platform development and software and hardware integrated development capabilities, become a backbone in the innovative medical field? To this end, Arterial Network exclusively interviewed Dr. Li Jiang, founder and CEO of VivaLNK, national expert with 1,000 people, and market spokesperson Ms. Xu Lei.
Use leading sensors and algorithms to improve the quality of physical sign data
VivaLNK has independently developed disruptive electronic skin (eSkin?) medical sensing technology and advanced medical cloud With artificial intelligence data analysis capabilities, it is committed to realizing multi-vital parameter monitoring and physical sign analysis in the field of medical Internet of Things through medical-grade wearable devices, and providing its market partners with comprehensive solutions such as health management, patient monitoring, and remote care.
Currently, VivaLNK’s three main products are Fever Scout body temperature monitoring patch, Vital Scout health monitoring patch, and ECG monitoring patch. These three products are based on the electronic skin (eSkin?) medical sensing technology independently developed by VivaLNK, which improves the quality of dynamic life data management through soft wear and real-time monitoring of vital signs. It bids farewell to the shortcomings of traditional equipment such as inability to continuously monitor and is bulky, and also revolutionizes the problem of lack of accuracy in wearable devices on the market.
The three most important pieces of medical data are vital signs, biochemical indicators, and medical images. Body temperature is a basic indicator of life and health. Fever Scout, combined with medical-grade double-sided adhesive tape, can be attached to children's armpits to achieve "zero-distance" real-time body temperature monitoring.
Xu Lei told Arterial Network: "Children's fever can easily induce febrile convulsions and other diseases, and parents need to observe and understand their children's status in real time; some postoperative infections or other complications will also be displayed through body temperature indicators. Come out, VivaLNK has cooperated with a company like AlacrityCare to effectively connect patients and caregivers during the cancer treatment process, and better understand the changes in body temperature and other indicators during the entire treatment process. It is also committed to providing The hospital provides clinical-grade monitoring solutions. ”
In addition to the body temperature monitoring product line, VivaLNK has also developed a series of heart rate and atrial fibrillation-related health sign monitoring products based on patented technology. In terms of hardware, it has top sensors, and in terms of software, VivaLNK also has AI, cloud computing and other technologies to support data integration and analysis.
Taking Welling’s health monitoring patch Vital Scout as an example, through HR and HRV, that is, heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV refers to the change in the difference between heartbeat cycles, it is used to predict sudden cardiac death and A valuable indicator of arrhythmic events), together with the background professional algorithm, helps consumers better manage their health. Through a small patch and APP attached to the chest, users can see the pressure on the terminal. , sleep, exercise, recovery and other indices.
In terms of vital sign monitoring, VivaLNK uses patented chip and sensor technology and new material technology to achieve medical-level data collection and integration, and has also achieved the portability and intelligence of consumer-level products.
In addition to cooperating with Google to launch "electronic skin" in the early days of its establishment, VivaLNK has also recently reached a cooperation with Stanford University. The Vital Scout health monitoring patch independently developed by VivaLNK will help Researchers from Stanford's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences used it to track stress levels and other key physiological parameters in adolescents in real-time and long-term. The project aimed to explore whether there is a correlation between stress levels and depression in adolescents.
At the end of December last year, VivaLNK made another move and reached a cooperation with Case Western Reserve University, a world-renowned institution of higher learning.
Case Western Reserve University will use VivaLNK equipment to measure the relationship between relevant indicators and stress levels. These key indicators include heart rate, respiratory rate, sweat rate and acute/chronic workload ratio. The acute/chronic workload ratio is a fixed metric for measuring sports injuries.
Use patented sensor technology and intelligent computing technology to build core barriers
The demand for this market will be very large. Abroad, according to Artery Network’s 2018 Medical Internet of Things Special Report, in 2022 , the global medical Internet of Things will exceed US$158 billion, with an average annual compound growth rate of 30.9% from 2017 to 2022. Among them, physical sign monitoring, asset management, and personnel management have become the most widely used scenarios for the medical Internet of Things.
Most of the earliest consumer-grade products launched for vital signs monitoring have turned into bubbles, while the rest are trying to break through by converting consumer-grade products into medical-grade products.
Dr. Robert Pearl, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, said: “The main reason why health-level wearable devices are difficult to popularize and promote is that the monitoring functions they provide have limited accuracy on the one hand, and Unable to provide follow-up medical intervention services. ”
There is a solution to these two problems, which is for the data to be recognized by doctors and allow the data to provide reference for clinical decision-making. FDA certification can endorse products in these two aspects.
There are two leading companies in this regard, one is iRhythm, and the other is the giant Apple. The two companies are also closely related. When Apple launched the Apple watch equipped with ECG monitoring, iRhythm's stock price plummeted.
The core product of iRhythm is Zio@Patch, a wearable device for rapid arrhythmia detection.
However, Zio@Patch can only be obtained by issuing a prescription and cannot transmit data in real time. After two weeks, the patient will mail the patch to iRhythm and analyze the data on the cloud platform. Finally sent to the user's doctor. It is impossible to achieve portable recording of VivaLNK products and instant management and feedback on lifestyle.
For users, only presenting data is of little value. The device not only needs feedback interaction, but also needs to propose solutions after the data is presented.
Dr. Li Jiang said: "Electronic skin has technical barriers to circuit design, structural design, packaging technology, signal processing, etc. Weiling's upcoming ECG product can identify atrial fibrillation, has data early warning, automatic Monitoring and other functions, and can be used repeatedly, help users manage their lifestyles. ”
Apple, which determines the direction of the trend, also invests heavily in vital sign monitoring, and there are also news reports that many people have done so. Because Apple watch’s abnormal heart rhythm alert saved a life.
Although Apple watch products are applauded for passing FDA certification, it also represents the trend of medical wearable devices moving towards more precision. Currently, the authoritative monitoring site in the hospital is near the heart, and data obtained at the wrist usually need to be re-confirmed.
Gathering IT and medical experts to form a dream team to break down medical information silos
VivaLNK can develop a cutting-edge medical-grade IoHT transmission that is easy to use and has data analysis functions. Sensing devices and their platform-level solutions are inseparable from the support of a strong team behind them.
Founder Li Jiang received a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was selected as an expert in China’s National Thousand Talents Program. He personally holds 23 U.S. patents and has held senior management positions in high-tech companies such as AMD and Spansion. The opportunity to establish VivaLNK came from his experience of seeing a doctor in the United States. Because his heartbeat was slower than that of ordinary people, he was in danger of being misdiagnosed.
"Because the hospital lacks my usual ECG information, it is difficult to make accurate judgments. In the past few decades, the IT industry has developed rapidly, but the medical industry has not yet felt the light of technology. I am I immediately chose to join the digital medical industry,” said Dr. Li Jiang.
Apple uses poaching methods to build its team, poaching people from multiple companies. VivaLNK’s approach to growing its team is not tense but natural. Take VivaLNK’s medical consultant Jeffery Olgin as an example. Jeffery Olgin is a world-class expert in cardiac electrophysiology. He loves Chinese food after a meal. I agreed to join VivaLNK.
With its core underlying technology and top team, VivaLNK passed the introduction of the "5050 Overseas High-level Talent Entrepreneurship Project" soon after its establishment in Silicon Valley and settled in Hangzhou as a Class A key funded enterprise. , and won the title of National High-tech Enterprise. Next, VivaLNK will continue to focus on the Chinese and global markets to provide complete IoT monitoring solutions for institutions and individuals.
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