Wearable equipment into the medical field to become a good helper of doctors

Guangzhou Daily News with the continuous development of intelligent High-tech, wearable equipment gradually into the medical field, to help many patients in the home to detect the disease. Recently, scientists have developed a cheap smartphone accessory that allows people to check out the HIV virus within 15 minutes; not long ago, a new smart bra could help women easily detect the possibility of breast cancer, and future contact lenses could monitor blood sugar and blood pressure.

15 minutes to detect HIV

A few days ago, a smart accessories to mobile phones into mobile laboratories. The gadget, developed by researchers at Columbia University of Engineering, is able to detect both syphilis and HIV viruses in 15 minutes. More importantly, it requires only a drop of blood from the fingertips and runs through the smartphone's power, which saves an extra power consumption.

The small, lightweight device consists of a chip that contains a one-time beta, and the beta contains the reagents required for the test. The chemicals in these reagents meet with antibodies to HIV and syphilis and color reactions occur. After the patient's blood and reagents meet, the photoelectric tube in the gadget detects the reaction and sends the results to the relevant mobile app.

Its production cost is only 34 dollars, which is much cheaper than the 20,000-dollar cost of traditional laboratory equipment. More importantly, a one-off beta is only a few dollars.

Intelligent bra for breast cancer measurement

A few days ago a Itbra intelligent Bra was born, it can help women without X-ray can detect breast cancer. The Itbra's built-in temperature sensor communicates with a doctor or user's mobile device, making cancer detection faster and more comfortable. Early and late detection of breast cancer may mean the difference between life and death.

Because the tumor tissue temperature in the breast is higher than the normal tissue, itbra through the temperature sensor can be detected in daily life. The final version of Itbra will determine the presence of cancerous tissue by monitoring tissue blood flow and temperature, and the Itbra's internal grid will be evenly distributed with temperature sensors. Itbra is still in the prototype design phase, after the test will be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before the listing.

Contact Lenses monitor blood sugar

Many people think that contact lenses are purely used to make themselves beautiful. But as a medical tool, smart contact lenses have enormous potential beyond vision correction.

The production of Tears is a practical use, which contains a variety of chemical substances, you can tell the doctor your whole body health condition. Tears can replace blood samples when diagnosing and managing health problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

Google and Novartis recently reached a joint agreement to develop contact lenses that can induce blood sugar. The lens of this contact lens, when embedded with a miniature blood glucose sensor, allows diabetics to monitor their blood sugar levels continuously through tears without having to prick their fingers for blood tests. At the same time, they may develop an application for the wearer or doctor to wirelessly transmit these health messages to you and your doctor.