Telemedicine and Telemetry

By: Punam Khadka

Anusha Adhikari
Rabin Chaudhary
Suvash Kumar Mandal
Content
 Introduction
 Images and Importance parts/configuration
 Function of the machine
 Specification(Features)
 Operating Power Supply
 Brands
 Management
 Conclusion
Telemedicine
Introduction

What is Telemedicine?
 Telemedicine is the use of medical
information exchanged from one site to
another via electronic communication to
improve patient’s clinical health status.
 Telemedicine includes a growing variety of
application and services using two-way video,
email, smart phones, wireless tools and other
forms of telecommunication technology.
Telemedicine as defined by WHO
 According to the World Health Organisation,
telemedicine is defined as, “The delivery of
healthcare services, where distance is a critical
factor, by all healthcare professional using
information and communication technologies
for the exchange of valid information for
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease
and injuries, research and evaluation, and for
continuing education of healthcare providers,
all in the interests of advancing the health of
individuals and their communities”.
Images and Importance
Specification(Features)
 Integrated audio and video for live patient
engagement.
 Ability to produce clinical documentation

from each consultation.

 Support for standard device, such as laptop

and tablets, as clinical end point.

 Ability to send clinical documentation

to/from your EMR.

 Ability to analyze telemedicine consultation

data, to assess and improve performance.

CONT….
 Ability to remote specialists and beside
clinicians to collaborate in consultations.
 Ability to access patient history directly from

the telemedicine system.

 Browser-based system with no software to

install or maintain.
 Ability to access lab and test results directly

from the telemedicine system.

 Support for peripheral device such as

stethoscopes, otoscopes, etcetera.

Operating Power Supply
 The telemedicine often consumes between
50-85% of the overall power consumption of
a sensor system.
 And for autonomous devices, with only a

small battery and thus limited battery energy,

the power consumption of commercially
available short-range telemedicine is rather
high (>15mW DC power).
 The Cost of telemedicine is depend upon the
electronic component use in it.
 Management
 Responsible for planning, designing,
controlling, directing, coordinating, and
evaluating the performance and status of all
resources (personnel, hardware, software,
bandwidth, etc.)of
the telemedicine department.Reviews and
establishes departmental policies, procedures
and plans.
Conclusion
 Telemedicine being increasingly used for
providing healthcare services.
 Effective and efficient in managing resources

and time for delivery of healthcare.

 Telemedicine systems are evolving:

Peer to peer Centralized Server based

Distributed System.
 Looking for a great healthy future of public

healthcare system in our country.

Telemetry
Introduction
 Telemetry is a process of Measure the data at a long
distance.(e.g:Physical Characteristics like temperature,
speed, pressure, flow rate, liquid level etc.)
 Telemetry is the collection of measurements or other
data at remote or inaccessible points and their automatic
transmission to receiving equipment for monitoring.
 The word is derived from Greek the roots tele, "remote",
and metron, "measure". Systems that need external
instructions and data to operate require the counterpart
of telemetry, telecommand.
Cont..
 Telemetry is classified into two type:
-Land Line Telemetry.
-Radio frequency Telemetry
 Although the term commonly refers

to wireless data transfer mechanisms (e.g.,

using radio, ultrasonic, or infrared systems),
it also encompasses data transferred over
other media such as a telephone or computer
network, optical link or other wired
communications like power line carriers. 
 Block Diagram
Sending End
Physical
Characteristics
Transducer Signal
& Conditioner Transmitter
Sensor (i)

Signal Transmission Medium (Land line/Radio frequency)

End Device Signal

(Indicator & Conditioner Receiver
record) (ii)

Receiving End
Images and important part/Configuration
Vital Signals
Function of machine
 Parallel monitoring of the condition of a
group of patients (up to 50 people).
 Continuous registration of a patient’s

physiological signals (ECG, body temperature

and SpO2).
 Automatic algorithms to detect irregularities

in vital signs.
 Option for patients to call medical staff.
 Algorithm for detecting when a patient

collapses.
Cont…
 Patients’ location in the medical center.
 Viewing the history of physiological records.
 Possible integration with the hospital

information system.
 Automatic detection of irregularities in the

operation of the utility network and

telemedicine devices
Specification(features)
 Completely flexible system for data
processing.
 Detailed status provided at every step of the

processing sequence.
 Quickly reconfigurable, even when data is

flowing.
 Large number of standard modules available.
 System configuration can be saved as a file

and recalled in seconds.

Operating power supply
 Pneumatic telemetry system:3 -15psi
 Electrical telemetry system:4 -20 mA or 0-24

v
 Hydraulic telemetry system:0.2 to 1

kg/sem^2
 Brands
 Teraki
 The design knowledge company
 Cosworth LLC
 Sekg
 Silvus Communication System, Lnc
 Sensimed
 Nayax
 USA Technologies, Inc.
 ProteanTecs
 Agari
 Less
 In-Situ, Inc. etc
https://www.ventureradar.com
 Maanagement
 A telemetry management is responsible for
maintaining a list of components that can
contribute data to the telemetry stream.
When it is activated, it directs these
components to generate their telemetry data
and dispatches the data thus generated to the
telemetry stream. Telemetry managers are a
form of functionality managers.
 Conclusion
 Use of wireless techniques in medical science will bring out
a sea-change with improvement in patient care treatment.
Since the technology uses the existing communication
infrastructure, it is easy to realize and implement wireless
medical system without much effort and cost.
 It will enables patients to move and perform their daily
chores without any worry. Patients who need continous
monitoring can wear a telemetry device, which
automatically sends vital signals to the hospital.
 There is a need to create an interest in this field and initiate
research activities.
 Thus it improve the effectiveness of the system and and
also increases the safety margin.