Mobile ECG

A new eHealth solution for telecardiology

based on eHIT Health Gateway platform

Kalevi Voutilainen, March 2008

Kuopio

Fact sheet

Founded• 1995

Location• Kuopio, Finland

Ownership• 100 % privately owned

Employees (as of March 2008)• 14 people

Turnover 2007• 1.9 M€

Health Gateway

Telemedicine platform for

healthcare and wellbeing solutions

Health Gateway

Coagulation

EMG

BloodGlucose

BloodPressure

BodyWeight

SpO2

Spirometry

ECG

eHIT’s Health Gateway is a vital signs monitoring system,

which transfers the measured data to the health care provider

in a fast, secure and reliable way

wirelessdata

transfer

secureconnection

Mobile ECG

Virtual link

between patient and

health care professionals

Electrocardiography 100 years ago

Electrocardiography today

36 mm

36 mm

• precision bioamplifier

• support for integrated or

external electrodes

• resolution of 12 bits

• adjustable sampling rate

(100 - 5000 samples/sec)

• li-ion rechargeable battery

• Bluetooth®

• microprocessor

• 1 MB flash memory

• signal preprocessing

• programmable digital filter

Mobile ECG

Application case

eRescue

Mobile ECG

eRescue

Telespro Rescue Covering

• GORETM Rescue Blanket laminate

• protects patients against severe weather conditions, cold, moisture and wind, and bacteria penetration

• simplifies rescue process

• improves the patient’s safety

Typical applications

• emergency ambulance

• rescue helicopter

• coast guard rescue

• ski centres

Mobile ECG

eRescue

PDA device

displaying

vital signs

Blood pressure cuff

ECG connectors

SpO2 sensor

Mobile ECG

eRescue

Blood Oxygen

saturation

The Health Gateway

Mobile Platform

collects the measured

data wirelessly and

displays the data

in a clear format

Blood pressure

The mobile device

collects data

directly from the

measurement

devices

GSM/GPRS

Secure

communicationClinic

platform

Measured data are immediately

available for analysis

Feedback and/or further instruction

can be quickly sent directly to the

mobile device of the paramedics

3-lead ECG

HR 70

%SpO2 98

SYS/DIAS 140/90

ECG

Mobile ECG

Application case

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

The wireless sensor

continuously registers the ECG

signal without interfering with

patient’s everyday life

The mobile phone wirelessly

collects the ECG data and

forwards them to the health

care professional for analysis

The health care professional

can view the ECG data in real

time regardless of patient’s

location and send and

immediate feedback

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Bluetooth

HTTPS

TCP/IP SSL

The mobile application

logs in to the server

by following an

authentication procedure

The remote workstation

also follows an

authentication procedure

and makes use session

keys for ensuring data

protection

Data are safely

stored into a

centralised server

GPRS/GSM/3G Internet

The ECG device

wirelessly sends the ECG

signal to the paired

mobile phone

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Healthy subject

30 years old

µ: 13.6

Scattered dots

in a homogeneous area

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Healthy subject

75 years old

ST depression(+)

R-R interval too regular

µ: 0.0004

Dots concentrate

in a very small area

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Subject with breast cancer

60 years old

ST depression(+)

µ: 0.36

Scattered dots

in a narrow and tall area

Mobile ECG

HRV monitoring and interpretation

Apparently healthy subject

70 years old

arrhythmias

atrial fibrillations

µ: 10.6

Scattered dots

in a wide and low area

Mobile ECG

Conclusions

Mobile ECG

Conclusions

Compact sized, easy to be carried along• capture important information that would otherwise be missed

Dual operating mode• online transmission of real time ECG data

• batch transmission of all or part of the registered data

Local data processing • only relevant data need to be transferred

Bidirectional communication• feedback from professionals

Based on standard technologies• easy integration with existing systems

Thank you!

Please visit our stand B-20 in hall 8

for more information

and live demonstrations

eHIT Ltd, P.O. Box 1199, Microkatu 1, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland

sales@ehit.fi www.ehit.fi