[February 25, 2018] |
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LMD Leads Revolution in Smartphone as Medical Device, Driving Growth of Remote Medical Consultation
Leman Micro Devices (LMD), the developer of regulated consumer
healthcare products that is backed by major players within the mobile
device industry, has announced that its V-Sensor and App integrated with
next-generation smartphones will assist diagnosis by physicians and
drive growth in remote medical consultation services by enabling
patients to self-measure their own vital signs with medical accuracy for
online appointments with doctors.
Remote medical consultation services are already showing significant
growth around the globe: people in developed countries often cannot find
the time to visit doctors during medical centre working hours and
appreciate the convenience and reassurance of being able to speak to a
doctor 24/7; people in less developed nations can experience extreme
difficulties in accessing face-to-face medical services. With over 7
billion mobile devices in use worldwide, mobile phones are now bringing
widespread access to remote healthcare services to people no matter
where they live.
Doctors conducting appointments remotely have had, until now, to rely on
patients' description of their sympoms, plus observation of what they
can see using the phone's camera. Now the essential addition of hard
diagnostic data can be provided by LMD's V-Sensor and App, which leads
the field in smartphone medical devices. Integrated with next-gen
smartphones, the V-Sensor and App enables patients to measure their own
blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, blood oxygen level (SpO2)
and body temperature with medical accuracy and share the information
from these five vital signs with their doctor during the remote
consultation, facilitating diagnosis.
No external devices are needed; the smartphone provides the complete
solution when equipped with a V-Sensor. V-Sensor uses the established
Riva-Rocci technique to measure blood pressure, but instead of having a
cuff on their arm, the user simply presses their index finger against
LMD's V-Sensor on the side of the smartphone. The V-Sensor app ensures
the correct range of pressures is applied and gives an accurate reading
in around 60 seconds, without needing any additional accessories or
equipment. A thermopile is also built into the V-Sensor module for
non-contact body temperature measurement and other built-in features
allow all five vital signs to be measured by the patient in less than 60
seconds, without any extra accessories and all to medical accuracy.
"Smartphones with LMD's V-Sensor and App make valuable additional
information which is medically accurate and available to doctors exactly
when they need it." says Tom Foley, a leading expert in remote
healthcare. "A smartphone with integrated V-Sensor and App also enables
patients to check their vital signs regularly with results automatically
collected and archived, and these too can be shared during online
telehealth consultations, perfect for accurately monitoring ongoing
health conditions and for chronic care."
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