China will use genetic diagnosis technology to solve the problem of birth defects

In the recently held 2009 International Conference on bio-economy, science and Technology Department of the China biological technology development Center published reports indicate that China in population and health problems of worrying, born nearly 17 million population 4%-6% with birth defects, seriously affecting the nation overall physical fitness.

To this end, my country will widely used genetic diagnosis, gene therapy, medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology-effective solution to this problem.

It is understood that in 2006, the national birth defects rate 146/million, compared to 1996 has increased by 66%, with an increase of the city as 81 per cent to 38 per cent in the rural areas.

Experts, the occurrence of major birth defects and genetic, adverse environmental impacts, micronutrient deficiency, mother diseases, particularly infectious diseases and other relevant factors. Mother-to-child transmission of infectious diseases incidence increased greatly threaten the health of infants, such as syphilis and HIV mother-to-child transmission of infection can be passed to the next generation.

In addition, the medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology will treat, prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and AIDS, tuberculosis, SARS, avian flu and other malignant infectious diseases.

This report considers that, as the bio-industry development focus area of more than ten years in the future, our pharmaceutical biotechnology will further develop and promote a regenerative medicine for the representatives of the Fourth Chinese medical revolution, promoting a further increase of the average life.

Medical electronics, dream and reality of the great divide? (1)

"Sometimes with money," referring to the medical device industry profits, Beijing taijie magneto-electronical Institute Director Wang Xiao-Qing told EEWORLD, in other areas have little value shijiyiyuan RMB single product, but there was in the field of medical devices.

The medical device industry profits, has long been an open secret. In the financial crisis, if you want to search on price and non-sensitive industry, the medical device industry. On the other sectors, it is the profit of the Arabian nights, where it became a reality. Seems to be overnight, medical device market became the chip manufacturers in the eyes of the fragrant momo, b-, blood-pressure, blood glucose meter suddenly became a high-tech fad, just before you think you've opened the medical industry and a gold mine, as everyone knows, the medical device manufacturers on the chip manufacturer's this crazy but am not siyi. Not the same as looking "95% of medical device manufacturers the chip is not only provides specialized medical chip manufacturers, when available," and Wang Xiao-Qing EEWORLD talking now chip manufacturers for the medical industry of fanaticism, he felt some incomprehensible. Beijing taijie magneto-electronical Institute is dedicated to the magnet and magnetic structure and other products for developing, manufacturing and services, as far as Wang, the Chinese year of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the market for nearly $ 2 billion RMB, the quantity is small, only about 400 units. Each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), most of them are magnets, and other large parts, their daily contact with the most is the part of manufacturers, such as the level of power amplifier or coil manufacturers, thus requiring manufacturers to a specially crafted a chip's chance to almost zero. Of course, for shipments in a small market, chip manufacturers are not interested. Medical device industry and not all products have to be implemented by components, often also uses some chip-level product, but most are general industrial computer and microprocessor. These medical device manufacturers on their products very well, if you want to use a dedicated chip, chip manufacturers in General through the brief exchange can determine. If you have a chip manufacturers to talk about, medical devices Manufacturers Association: I pay what I get? use specialized custom chips, will bring many benefits? this chip manufacturers in the high-profile into the medical field, although the eyes of the equipment manufacturers, their understanding of the industry is only just beginning. "" But by virtue of the climb in the semiconductor field over many years to roll call's market smell, chip manufacturers to enter this field also is not ready. As early as the beginning of the attention, they will be focused on the medical devices in production, on-chip dependence of areas, including ultrasound, monitor, and blood glucose meter, and so far the most popular medical devices, and even some kind of prediction, in the near future, the doctor's pocket, "to the left to the right is the stethoscope, as b-scan". "In the medical industry, semiconductor solutions in market demand for greater product segments," Wang Xiao-Qing, medical device itself into the higher the threshold, if the quantity is not enough, some companies just been in the door. Some large companies, can make strategic investments that do some advanced, proactive development to meet the needs of the market, and some small companies, often in research and development, the registered wait due to funding and other reasons you cannot persist and closed down. Even if the amount is enough, you can proceed with the product design, and especially in chip manufacturers before the medical device industry standards is also a big challenge. Wang Xiao-Qing that chip manufacturers, a better model is: chip manufacturers to the market of certain specific applications, locate the Center provides total solutions for enterprises, to provide dedicated, even customized chips. This promotes a team of professional production enterprises, they do not need to do their own research and development, but more to an existing solution, chip, shell, etc., systems integration, product to market as quickly as possible.

Home-made b-gauge market to international markets favor portable devices (1)

B-meter is the use of high frequency sound waves (more than 2 million cycles per second) on the human body for Nondestructive Inspection of a medical imaging diagnostic instrument.

The use of ultrasonic easy reflection characteristics and image grayscale, can clearly show human tissues, organs, fetuses. Now, the b-flat from the traditional b-(2-b-) development to stereo b-(3-dimensional ultrasound). The latter not only enables doctors from various angles to the patient organizations and organs of high-definition images, you can also record, store related information, so that later consultation. And color Doppler ultrasound can more clearly show the gastric and duodenal ulcers inside, and pancreatic, prostate, colorectal lesions within. All in all, b-instrument has become an essential clinical review a common diagnosis instruments.

Home-made b-gauge global flower

To date, there are hundreds of companies and institutions of higher learning and research institutions engaged in the development and production of various ultrasonic instrument.

And, our home-grown b-meter large exports to overseas markets. According to statistics, in 2001, China's export of b-instrument only dozens, but since 2005, b-instrument export growth year after year. In 2005, China's b-instrument exports to $ 5384; in 2006, exports soared to 8960 million, an increase of 40 per cent; in 2007, exports totalled $ 9340 million, up 5 percent; in 2008, exports totalled $ 1.09 billion, compared to 2007 and increased 5.88%. Our b-instrument markets up to 215 countries and territories, it is "China's b-gauge global flowering". United States, Germany, Japan and European countries become China's b-meter main export markets.

This progress beyond it.

For the past two years, United States, Europe and Japan and other developed countries the poor economic conditions generally, and our b-instrument on these countries export instead of reducing litres, this indicates that the last few years China's b-meter has to high-quality and low price firmly occupy the developed countries of low to medium range b-instrument markets.

Concern is that the earlier developed and produced by b-instrument of Guangdong Province, has developed into a national b-for export of the "leader" (annual export thousands of b-instrument), the number of b-instrument exports accounted for national b-for 25% of total exports.

Therefore, the Guangdong province become veritable "Township of the Chinese ultrasonic instrument."

Production and marketing highly centralized

However, China's b-gauge 5 largest export market remains as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Germany, the United States and Switzerland.

On the main market of b-instrument exports accounted for my b-instrument exports of 53%, and on other more than 200 countries and territories of the b-instrument exports and only 47%. At present, domestic approximately 106 companies engaged in the export business b-instrument. Of these, five producers export volume is large, in order to: 1. Shenzhen MINDRAY bio-medical electronics AG; 2. Shanghai Alor card medical instruments company; 3. Wuxi xiangsheng medical imaging co., Ltd.; 4. Shantou Institute of ultrasonic instruments; 5. Ville de Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen. These five companies number b-instrument exports accounted for my b-instrument for 68% of total exports. This shows that domestic production and marketing of b-instrument is highly centralized structure.

This year the market is still optimistic about the

Last year, many industry insiders worry that the United States and other developed countries because of the economic crisis and the reduction of impact on China's b-instrument, medical diagnostic instrument of imports, but this is not a reality.

Its cause and in recent years China's b-instrument quality and prices in international markets competitive. According to foreign media, China b-(b/w and color) for quality comparable European and American companies products, but the price is cheaper.

For 2010 for developed country B Super instrument export trends, the industry is still optimistic about the "express".

This is because, in the shadow of the economic crisis in Europe and the United States, due to the decrease in revenue may be further squeezed domestic total expenditure on health care costs. However, people's health needs will not reduce, the developed countries is likely to low labor cost countries to purchase medical equipment, plus a few years ago the Chinese B Super instrument quality has won widespread recognition of the medical profession in developed countries, a growing number of European countries and production in China hospital will be used for b-Scan Tester.

United States development recognition human vision system for super computer

Yale University School of engineering and applied science of Eugenio · card rousseil-15 November in Boston, Massachusetts, held at the high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) seminar that he and the research team has developed based on human visual system's super computer, and it was the development of similar computer than on the speed and energy efficiency is greatly improved.

People in the car, the vision and the brain's response capacity to easily help your understanding of roads and surrounding environment, comfortable driving.

However this appears to be human is very simple for quick identification of Visual environment's ability to implement on your computer, you need a large number of operations, it is also difficult to imitate human brain computer system to identify objects.

Card Rousse Gairo developed super computer system named "neural flow" (NeuFlow), its design is inspired by the human visual system, it can mimic the human visual system's neural network quickly identify themselves around the world.

It has used the New York University, Jahn · Le Gallery invention of complex Visual algorithms to run application suitable for artificial vision of large-scale neural network.

Card Rousse Gairo and Le library research focuses on allowing the system to their own judgment road conditions to guide the truck.

The system is also capable of real-time processing capacity of 10 million pixel image, you can identify the path common to various destinations (including other car, pedestrian, lights, sidewalk, etc.).

In addition, although the "neural flow" super computer system can be completed per second more than 100 billion times of operational tasks, but their power is very low, even less than mobile phone consumption.

And in the laboratory, has many image processor computer such as accomplish the same task, you need to consume 300 Watts of power.

The system has run faster while saving reasons, because researchers will super computer embedded in a chip.

And full-sized computer, "neural flow" system you want to compact. He said that the entire system size no more than a wallet-size, so it can be easily installed in the car or elsewhere.

Except for car navigation, "neural flow" system is used to improve the robots into harmful or difficult to access places the navigation capabilities; provides for fighters battle 360 degree Visual synthesis of the environment; or for dynamic monitoring on site, such as help find elderly falls, etc.

Neural device market rise contains huge business opportunities

United States a new company NeuroPace, hope to quickly obtain the approval of the competent authorities to launch a series of neural implant device (neural implants); and the company is a growth potential of the emerging neural device (neural device) market in one of the many manufacturers.

NeuroPace is after 10 years of product development, and finally in July of this year to the United States Federal food and Drug Administration (FDA) handed out for the treatment of epilepsy brain implant device listing applications; the companies want their RNS system can make in a year.

"In the next ten years, I believe there will be a variety of closed/open loop (closed and open loop)-brain stimulation device to replace the current destructive step (surgery). "NeuroPace medical long Martha Morrell said.

Epilepsy implant device test, has let the researchers on the potential of such technology with new ideas, which may be applied to treatment including pain management (pain management), as well as suppression Parkinson's or Alzheimer 's.

Morrell on a farm in the United States held in biological and medical device Forum (BioMedDevice Forum), said: "this is our first time to an in-depth study of the brain, and see what happens in real time; we will which device as a disease management tool. ”

NeuroPace's RNS implant device that uses two customized chips found in brain anomalies epilepsy patients than in the past activities to more widely; Morrell said: "before the onset of epilepsy patients, no one has been out-patient medical records, showing the number of outbreaks of the disease is just the tip of the iceberg; while we found that these patients a day at least 600 times, each time 1 ~ 2 minutes of brain stimulation.

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Physicians can implant device programming, induction and extensive status response; NeuroPace is also responsible for maintaining a long-term observation of brain wave activity in the database.

Morrell said she expected that small doses of drugs can be passed, or on a specific area of the brain electrical stimulation applied device development potential; a new generation of electrode array and the sensor, will help to extend this kind of device can treat the symptoms.

In addition to the brain waves, the present study researchers in brain blood flow, oxygen and nerve conduction material (neural transmitters)-even temperature change-over of disease symptoms may impact.

Other business opportunities and challenges

According to market research agency NeuroInsights estimates, neural device market is currently about $ 7 billion, annual average growth rate of 15%.

If the implant device NeuroPace such neuromodulation (neural modulation) unit, the market size of approximately 23 billion, annual average growth rate of 14%; neurosurgery equipment (neural surgical devices) are also contributing to the market, not the small size of about 35 million u.s. dollars, the average annual growth rate of 17%.

Although overall venture capital (VC) market downturn trend, particularly in the areas of medical care, for neural device market risk investments remained strong, in the amount of investment in 2009 15.8 billion, up 9% market share, at the same time the overall life sciences (life sciences) industry venture investment amount is reduced.

The market is the subject of a lot of investment; for example, another new record company NeoStim, is developing at a deep brain regions of non-invasive magnetic stimulation (magnetic stimulation) method for the treatment of serious depression; the company medical long M.

Brett Schneider said that this technology will also be extended to other regions of the brain or spine, to treat Parkinson's disease, pain or anxiety disorder.

There is also a company Trifectas Medical is developing to help stroke patients in rehabilitation of implantable devices, electrical stimulation of the brain to a specific region to promote nerve cells and growth hormones, and reduce inflammation symptoms.

The company co-founder Terry Reese is a veteran implant device development engineer, he represents the current year there are about 80 million of stroke patients, of whom half are such devices may use the object.

NeoStim Reese of Schneider on the developed technology is very optimistic about the future, he said: "like muscles can use becomes stronger, the cells are stimulated after the new Axon (axons) and dendrites (dendrites); therefore the stroke rehabilitation patients will have substantial benefits that may affect those no disease symptoms of people of normal cognitive development.

"However, these new devices also face many challenges; current researchers use high resolution imaging of the brain, links to specific areas of activity of the brain, but this kind of technology is not only expensive, but also very time consuming.

For example, developing a Orasi Medical modeling (modeling) software application in called magnetoencephalography (magneto-encephalography); this technique can be measured to the brain about 1 cm in size in the range, only for 1 MS (millisecond).

But this sensitivity super system requires immersion in liquid helium (liquid helium) of superconducting components, so the cost up to $ 2 million, but also in cost hundreds, have special protection of the Interior.

Orasi CEO stated: "we can put this class of equipment becomes more portability, thus doctor in the General consultations between the tested technology with highDegree of interest. ”

As for the development of external NeoStim magnetic stimulation device, which is relatively old technology, such as large capacitor, and high power switching brake fluid (switching thyristors), Schneider said: "new materials and components may help quick storage and release of energy.

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He added that implant devices need better and more powerful batteries, but also to a more secure way to transfer energy to the body tissues, and will not cause burns; for example there is a Stanford University (Stanford), are developing using LED light to trigger neural activity.

In practice, Trifectas of Terry said, researchers still do not know which patients will or will not play on the device for the treatment, or even do not know how to take a common approach to measuring outcomes: "each of these areas will need to test, which means that it will take a few years time, as well as large sums of money; but it has a huge business opportunity, because the human body is able to operate in electric energy.

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STMicrolectronics developed influenza virus detecting microchip

Recently, STMicrolectronics (ST) company Veredus laboratories of the Singapore jointly developed can detect flu virus (avian influenza), and other pathogens, and instrumentation with just two hours of microchips.

This new type of nail size microchips can within two hours of lump-sum analysis detected multiple pathogens, including A type and B-type human influenza virus, viral resistance and virus variants (such as the H5N1 avian influenza virus), etc.

By contrast, the current market other products can only be detected by a pathogen, and often take several days to arrive at the result.

This new chip combines two test technology: polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gene microarray (Microarray), this is the first in the world.

Researchers said in a test using a combination of the two test technology can detect more sensitive and accurate. In addition, the device also includes a thermal control system, optical scanners, used to generate reports and complete analysis of STIn-Check software. Microarray detection components can be added through the upgrade of the new variant strain DNA sequences. This unit last year at the National University Hospital for an assessment test. Its detection rates and the market of other similar detection, but STMicrolectronics company has not disclosed the specific chip prices.

On meet portable medical equipment requirements for low power LED driver

On semiconductor has launched a new single-channel CAT3661 Quad-Mode led driver for ultra low power LED applications, such as portable handheld medical equipment.

On semiconductor LED power supply product Director Anthony Russel said: "for portable electronic device designers, energy efficiency and small size is often the most priority factors.

CAT3661 low power LED drive using patent Quad-Mode technology, fully embodies these requirements, meet customers with small form factors and longer battery life considerations, consistent with the end user needs a new battery-powered product design. ”

CAT3661 use patent framework, integrated fault protection and fault diagnosis, to up to 5mA's current driving a single LED backlight.

Soft-start current limiting and short circuit protection to this new device ideally suited for battery-powered devices. Typical applications include low-power LCD screen (LCD) backlight and including medical equipment, wide range of portable handheld device backlight.

CAT3661 uses only x 0.8mm 3mm 3mm x (h) of the packaging, in response to TQFN-16 available board space restricted new design engineers provide useful solutions.

The new devices provide low noise input ripple and constant switching frequency, the ability to use small size external ceramic capacitors, thus further save space and system cost. Four die charge pump support 2.0V-5.5V wide range input voltage, the CAT3661 offers up to 92% of peak energy efficiency levels, than the traditional high efficiency charge pump 1.5x tri-mode up to 10% higher. This device is fully loaded with all operating modes of the typical quiescent current of only 150 μ A, with zero current close, for reducing energy consumption, ensure the application of battery life up to the maximum.

Packaging and price

CAT3661 adopts lead-free package, each batch TQFN-16 10,000 tablets price $ 0.86.

CPAP breathing machines device selection and design

CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure is a respiratory ventilation method, used primarily for home treatment of sleep apnea syndrome.

Pressure sensor, microprocessors and other devices in the respiratory equipment plays an important role. This article will explore the ventilator system device selection and related design.

CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure is a respiratory ventilation method, used primarily for home treatment of sleep apnea syndrome.

In sleep, the muscles relax, will usually be natural to narrow the cause of upper respiratory tract. This reduces the oxygen content in the blood and cause a wake up from sleep.

Pressure sensor in the respiratory equipment plays an important role, it is responsible for the physical values (for example, airway pressure and flow) converted to differential signal.

Air and oxygen flow sensor-generated signal can help microprocessor control motor, which adjust or maintain patient inspiratory and expiratory pressure required. Typically, these highly cost-effective non-linear sensors are large offset and offset drift, causing the signal exceeds or is lower than proportional to temperature change. Low offset voltage and smaller time and temperature drift of the amplifier is ideal for signal conditioning.

Through the three current phase of at least two phase and for motor driven bridge powered DC bus voltage monitor, you can actually control of DC motors.

On the phase current, there are two methods you can use: high-side or low-side. Direct phase measurement or high side approach requires high speed differential amplifier or current shunt monitor, this method is usually more accurate. Low-side measurement of close to half-bridge grounding and use the more simple amplifier, although less costly, but accuracy is also lower. DC motor driven by discrete FET. It is highly recommended that you use the TI drv series, it offers a thermal protection features integrated drive and bridges, and smaller with higher accuracy and efficiency.

The microprocessor is responsible for the implementation of several actions, including pressure signal sampling and calculation of the airway pressure and flow, in order to communicate with the motor.

To efficient real time completing these operations, the need for high-speed, low-power, highly integrated microprocessor. High-quality DSP can be used for such applications, also for patients with extremely quiet environment.

System block diagram

System block diagram

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Medical applications of microwave and radio frequency technology (1)

Over the years, the company has been a microwave devices such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, medical imaging application to provide devices.

Although the imaging application to provide a solid opportunity, but many other medical applications are starting to wireless microwave and RF technology opened its doors. For example, remote monitoring and support of the patients at home such as blood pressure, pulse and other health conditions to wirelessly sent to their doctor. Other innovations are helping hospital and medical center to track assets and people. In existing imaging market and wireless technologies are creating new opportunities in the medical industry has become a real new markets, many microwave and RF company as a target. Fortunately, many of these opportunities are only requires these companies to use them in the field of telecommunications and wireless LAN has expertise.

Such as MRI and other imaging devices use prevalence is increasing, the current global annual implementation of more than 6 million cases of MRI.

They are typically used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (dementia), cancer cells and ligament tear, etc. all kinds of disease and injury. Imaging System using several RF/microwave devices, including the oscillator, the transmitter and antenna. For example, analog devices now offers an improved image resolution and 20-bit data converters (DAC) AD5791.

AD5791 real one millionth (ppm) of resolution and accuracy (Figure 1).

AD5791 have ± 1LSB DNL relative accuracy specification, ensure operational consistency. The DAC is only the low frequency noise, output drift 0.025ppm only 0.05ppm/C. Such a low noise reduces undesired image artifacts, reducing the need for nuclear magnetic resonance scan multiple times, so patients can get a shorter period of time. Output can be configured with a standard single-pole (+ 5V, + 10V) or bipolar (± 5V, ± 10 V) range. AD5791 of 3-wire serial interface operating clock rate as 50MHz.

Figure 1: ADI-chip DAC with high accuracy, can achieve a very clear picture of diagnostic imaging.

Spectroscopic applications is the RF/microwave technology in the medical field of another growth market, which is essentially through the light in the implementation of the chemical analysis of samples.

Recently, Agilent and University of Texas at Dallas announces plans to create a millimeter and Submillimeter Wave electronic characterization facility. The facility will initially support application for healthcare and security on the CMOS on 180 to 300GHz spectroscopy of feasibility study.

Hittite Microwave Corporation for a new comparator product line also lock the application spectrum.

The company stated that this 6 comparator has the following features: 20Gbps is rate, 150mW 120ps power, to the data of the clock output delay time (Figure 2). Typically, they have the minimum detectable 60ps of input pulse width, and rated only random jitter 0.2ps. The comparer support ± 1.75V common mode input voltage range, its typical over driving and slew rate deviation below the 10ps. HMC874LC3C, HMC875LC3C and HMC876LC3C chip comparators with programmable hysteresis characteristics of high-speed latch, they each provide low swing PECL, CML and ECL output drive.

Figure 2: Hittite Microwave Corporation comparer can meet the spectroscopic application requirements.

The company also publishes three have level latch input of new single-chip 10GHz comparer HMC674LC3C, HMC675LC3C and HMC676LC3C.

These three comparator supports 10GHz input bandwidth, both the transmission delay and 85ps 0.2psRMS random jitter by 60ps minimum pulse width. They have been driven by the 10ps and slew rate of deviation, the power consumption of less than 140mW. These devices have difference latched control and programmable hysteresis, can be configured to work in the latch mode or use as a tracing comparator. And the range of other devices, they provide low swing PECL, CML and ECL output drive.

Remote monitoring applications

In hospitals, clinics and homes, remote monitoring and control wireless network may be the most thriving medical market.

Remote monitoring of the most attractive features is that it can also be used to communicate with patients and provide education to patients. Of course, you need to send and receive information on the required equipment and network infrastructure have different needs. In Illinois, a clinical study that uses a remote monitoring to manage Gleevec this drug use. Gleevec is Novartis company developed and produced for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia drug. This study will assess a phone-based, called eMedonline personalized drug management system being used.

Philips what Dana: blindly climbing technique staircase is a dead end

Respondents: Philips Institute in charge of the Asian Group Chief Technology Officer what Dana

Time: 2010-10/29/

Venue: Shanghai Marriott Hotel HongQiao

Founded 100 years ago Netherlands Philips was once a global consumer electronics industry leaders, but as the company's strategic transformation, its business center and gradually from consumer electronics to healthcare, quality of life and lighting systems, and other emerging industries.

In this transformation process, Philips global development system play an important role. Located in the Shanghai Institute of Philips Asia is its one of the three major research laboratories worldwide, on Philips overall business transformation has played a critical supporting role. 29 October, Philips of the Asian Group, Institute of Directors, Chief Technology Officer Dr. HO Dana received the China Electronics News reporter interviews. In his view, Philips will pass meaningful innovation beyond purely technical research and development, to provide comfort, health, quality of life as a research and development goals.

Take a healthy and comfortable high quality life for research and development goals

Reporter: Philips Consumer Electronics is done, but in recent years the business change very fast.

As a multinational enterprises in Asia Research Institute, research your concern about the future areas of focus? why these areas?

What Dana: Philips Asia Research Institute was established at the beginning of the first five years, our research and development direction of the main focus on consumer electronics products.

Here are two examples: one is a Research Institute founded in the early development of CD burner, 52 x burner, at that time, is the world's fastest at x CD burner. Another is 2004, Philips research, for the first time TD-SCDMA technology use TD-SCDMA technology international call. As the company strategic transformation, Philips business focus has three: healthcare, quality of life, and lighting system, Philips in Shanghai Institute of Asian research is also of concern around the company's three key businesses. This piece in healthcare, we focus on chronic disease management and chronic treatment solutions, home health care and clinical research in quality of life in this piece focuses on Asian gourmet cooking system, to meet the unique needs of the Chinese market and infant care products, as well as water and air detection and decontamination; this piece in the lighting system, our focus is LED applications, support sustainable lighting solutions. This research direction is very representative of the Philips future business development.

Research and development ability of long-term cultivation will be a breakthrough innovation

Reporter: Philips Asia Research Institute is one of the three major Research Institute of Philips, areas of concern include healthcare, quality of life and lighting system, the other two Research Institute and Institute in the areas of concern in Asia to come to terms with the Academy in Asia different? Philips research and development system is how to position?

What Dana: located in the Shanghai Institute of Asia is Philips three global research laboratories, healthcare, quality of life and the lighting system is and the three areas; Netherlands PSV laboratory is our biggest three laboratories, research area and Shanghai is also similar, and three blocks, and in the United States is focused on laboratory of health care and lighting system.

Philips had to pay more attention to consumer electronics product development, the transformation of business implementation, Institute of Asian research and development focused on the transformation, with more attention to people's quality of life.

Of course, to support this business, promote technology development capability, you need a certain amount of time to create cover three main areas of research, research and development ability of long-term cultivation will be a breakthrough innovation.

Asia Research Institute through the efforts of the past few years has products to market, such as reading lamp, falling monitor, this is our culture and development ability of some achievements in the process. Therefore, there are many techniques and algorithms, through these algorithms to determine what the actual situation is like.

Of course, that this product looks very simple, there are a lot of technology that is not to say that you want to show us how complex the technology, but rather that through these advanced technologies offer meaningful innovation.

Because this seemingly simple monitoring instrument, has saved many lives. Our product looks very simple and complex technology behind this seemingly simple surface, which also reflects the Philips brand commitment: superb, jianyuxing.

Reporter: Asia Research Institute research and development at Philips global chain with other two Institute interactive? three jointly developing a project opportunities?

What Dana: first of all we want to ensure that the three laboratories engaged in the research project is coordinated to avoid duplication, the three research assignment very carefully, we also have some interactive, engaging in research in Shanghai is also required from Europe and the United States laboratory of knowledge transfer.

In addition, we also have a number of joint research projects, Shanghai, United States, the European Union the three laboratories, but the project manager may in Shanghai or in Europe, the United States. What benefits? because these three areas is a different time zone, our research work is 24 hours of uninterrupted work. For instance, the Netherlands has a new idea or new development, Shanghai's researchers work the first time in the Netherlands received the research results, which can speed up this project.

For example, medical imaging, interventional-therapy to do chest surgery, just insert a catheter into the

How do you go, you must do it through medical imaging. This one is a future growth very fast, although this is an invasive treatments, in fact, this is a minimally invasive treatments. This area of research is the Philips global very large projects. In this article we will focus on China in China or a high incidence of common diseases such as liver cancer, because China's more hepatitis b patients, resulting in a high incidence of liver cancer. Our clinic for cancer research and development, from the other two Research Institute developed applications and technology, put it into the liver cancer in China.

Blindly climbing techniques might be a dead end stairs

Reporter: you just mentioned a very good concept called meaningful innovation, can explain what is meaningful innovation? as you said earlier Philips concern and daily life of innovation, such as fall-monitor is a comprehensive application of the various areas of technology, but may lead to a breakdown of the basic research and development in the area of concern is not enough, this will not be disqualified from Philips in the leading position among them?

What Dana: making technology more about technology itself, to give them proper guidance or the guidance.

If you do not give the right guidance, they will pay more attention to their interest in the technology itself, really can do to meet customer demand for innovation, the probability is very low. Sometimes the road can go through, this is your lucky, but there are such good luck opportunity is very small. So, just from a technical point of view, from a technical point of view of those who have been the engineer down, really can bring meaningful innovation, really can change customer's life is very difficult. Meaningful innovation can really change people's lives, can bring for the differences in people's lives.

100 years ago, very few, then technology limited technology can easily implement an application.

Now the technology is very much, but in many technology which finds a targeted applications is difficult, if you can't find a truly meaningful application, just climb stairs may be the future technology a dead end. Therefore, innovation to be meaningful, you must go to the application of social concern, such as health care you should pay attention to user needs to know what meaningful innovation. We have split out the traditional business of Philips-Semiconductors, is no longer working, because in the semiconductor business to have a breakthrough innovation is almost impossible. You just say technology consolidation rather system innovation, a complex systemic innovation also have the opportunity, for example, nuclear magnetic resonance or CT, if you want to further enhance the performance of CT and MRI results, make the scan speed faster, it involves a lot of comprehensive technical innovation to achieve substantial breakthroughs.

Another example, we in the early 1980s when he invented the CD, this is a truly significant innovation, because it has changed the way people live.

You can think of CD and compared to traditional albums, the first CD is easy to use, and it has many uses. CD is also an "open innovation" is a very good example. This technology is our invention, inventions, we and other companies in the industry, through cooperation and the other company's cooperation, this invention truly made a product, a typical case business successful.

Research and development is a deep understanding of user needs

Reporter: Philips current concern three main areas also have many competitors, you repeatedly emphasized Philips concern daily life meaningful innovation, faced with competition, how do you maintain sustainability research and development strengths?

What Dana: our technology is based on a deep understanding of user needs, for example, road lighting, road lighting it sounds very simple, just create a high pole, above a bulb.

In fact, this kind of lighting on the motorist is not enough, because you did not take into account the effect of light on the eye, but also in the surrounding environment is dark, the lights for pedestrians what? we do a lot of experimentation, simulation, simulation in different light conditions, road lighting on the drivers of the impact on people's eye what impact these experiments we can obtain optimal roadway lighting solutions. Such a field containing a number of simulation data optimized lighting solution, the competition is very difficult to replicate. At the same time, we also understand the needs of other clients, such as street lighting customers generally are government departments, and they want every lights are more durable, we will from durability angle, improving the durability and reliability of the lamp. In addition, Philips has strong brands, people heard the Philips, think Philips strength, these areas are comparable to our competitors cannot.

Reporter: do you have Blu-ray disc, and Japan, and Korea company peers together do research, you feel Philips and Japan, Korea business doing research?

What Dana: Blu-ray technology research and development process, I had the privilege and Japan, and Korea corporate colleagues.

I saw Korea, Japan researchers, they either from the philosophy or methodology and we all have something different. Their technical ability is very strong, so in the Philips research technical staff and Japan, Korea research technical staff, despite efforts in one direction, but there is also a competition, because everyone wants the best ideas come from its own side. It is also involved in the process so I was very excited, and through such a competition and cooperation process promotes Blu-ray format or Blu-ray standards development.

Research and development of different points of fact and not a lot, we are engaged in technological research, through this technology to find solutions.

Specific research and development process, researchers in Japan has a number of different, because they will take a long time now we discuss which direction should future development, to which direction. Once this direction, they will soon be put into action, but on the future direction of seminars take a long time. However, Philips, a start everyone might move towards a different direction, in the effort, according toWe ultimately want to achieve with some fine-tuning, and then make it a different direction towards a common goal. This is the biggest difference, however, two approaches are equally effective.

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Hu Chun min

Philips's magnificent turn and let people by surprise, their healthcare, lighting system and the quality of life, and so on three major business system has eroded away the Philips "e" mark.

Although TV, Shaver and living appliances and other products, we are still able to store the counter on see Philips's shadow, but they are just family "quality of life" decorations. Although the "Netherlands Royal Philips Electronics Company" this name can be vaguely see the company has a noble descent, but today, their entire development system has been completely close to ordinary life. "Do meaningful innovations", which is the Philips research and development system of the "Bible". The so-called meaningful innovation is solving ordinary lives of practical problems. This simple idea of research and development, on the pursuit of "high end" and "core" and "key" technological breakthrough of Chinese companies is definitely a sense of inspiration.

Philips Semiconductor Business stripped, because in the semiconductor field "to have a breakthrough innovation is almost impossible."

However, Philips has not abandoned and semiconductor-related lighting system. Philips research is focused on a lighting system adaptation to the surrounding environment, and then on to the human eye to light perception, Physiology, psychology and behavioral perspective lighting system on human impact and how to deal with the eye fatigue and improve Visual and emotional comfort. From this point you can see, the new Philips to develop in the field of blindness, they are not put to the development and the development of research ideas to life and development, reflects a high degree of "human nature" feature. To improve and increase awareness of quality, comfort, health and living standards up looking for breakthrough, this is the most simple and clever way. Journalists in Philips interview notes, a use of led light source of the reading light, which distinguish it from other similar products. It directly illuminated books, let the user in the lighting conditions are not good when you can read and write, and do not interfere with others, as exclusive personal reading lighting provided. This simple reading light fully embodies the people-oriented concept of research and development.

Domestic enterprises has been stressed that independent research and development, and in a critical technological breakthrough in the field of realization as the destination.

Once the big bother have ceased pursuit of semiconductors in the areas of revolutionary breakthroughs, to be "meaningful innovation", built around the lives of consolidation and innovation, achievement, the Philips strategic transformation. Look forward to business restructuring of domestic companies are also find direction.

"Innovation" is not equivalent to the "invention".

Innovation implies full understanding of user needs and desires, and to provide innovative solutions to meet their needs. Technical research and development is the process of, and understand the customer needs is the crucial starting point is to ensure that the development of products and services to succeed. This view appears to be on innovation is worse-didactic defined, but definitely worth of domestic enterprises.

Philips Asia research focus areas

● Lighting Visual research and solutions

● Service to community health clinical decision-making system

• In-home healthcare research

● Air purification and water purification solutions

● Asian cooking style management and maternal and child health research

Personal resume

Dr. José Dana

1982 joined the Netherlands Royal Philips Electronics company in September 2005, was appointed head of the Institute of the Asian Group and Chief Technology Officer.

1982-1989, Netherlands PSV Philips research laboratories researcher.

1989-1991, he served as New York Coimbra Cliff Philips laboratory material physics department heads.

1991-2000, Netherlands PSV Philips research laboratories, several supervisory position.

Research areas: microscopy and analysis equipment, storage and display.

2000 ~ 2005, Philips research laboratories, Senior Vice President of research and development projects, the group storage and General Manager of global research and development programme is stored.

In 2005, he served as head of Group Research Institute for Asia and the Chief Technology Officer.

What Dana is 35 articles in scientific papers by the author or co-author, three patent applicants.

Dr. José Dana 18 into studying physics, University of Leiden and in 1982 for Ph.d. thesis title is the ultra-low temperature magnetic materials.

Build medical information platform could not be ignored key technologies (1)

Although the health care market has the potential customer base, industry chain has been formed, however, the market can take-off of another key is the manufacturers to end what kind of service to our customers, therefore, this article from the focus of attention of the technology, as well as specific application mode, an in-depth analysis.

In the policy to promote active participation and manufacturers, Taiwan has developed a wide range of health care service mode, the article will separately from chronic diseases and health care services, home health care services, and emergency medical care, one of the three types of ICT technology how to intervene in health care.

Chronic health care value orders return and physiological information collection

In General, due to chronic disease patients may not have lived in the hospital, so special need in-home care services, but in the absence of health care personnel to supervise, patients often unable to do proper self-care behaviors, therefore, through the ICT technologies allow health care workers interact with patients, can improve the quality of patient self-care.

According to the Institute for Innovation Research Institute study shows health care-by environmental perception (Context Aware) system, on the daily lives of patients with chronic diseases of all things, for detection and information gathering, and even medical staff in remote interaction with patients.

In particular, is to provide patients with end-to-1 consolidation of data collection, network, online, medical equipment, service-side then the construction of one management system platform, and patients a wide range of care services, such as the user name, personal history, family history and other personal information, patients can make through data collection and real-time transmission of medical instruments, timing of height, weight, blood glucose, blood pressure, heart rate and other physiological measurements, back care-management platform.

Through a network of online features of health care system platform, we can make health care professionals master the patients with chronic diseases, physiological measurements and remote interaction with patients.

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In addition, the entire system can also be regularly exercise for patients with medication, diet, perform activities such as information, data collection, assessment and analysis, and even service-side also, through the integration of satellite positioning system (GPS) action vehicle, at any time to detect patients the geographical location, such as ZTE preservation Mini-Bond satellite positioning Association looking for services, you can always track the patient.

In fact, the chronically medical and care to obtain good results, the most important factor is the patients must follow doctor's orders, however, research has demonstrated that patients with chronic diseases are often unable to regular medication, the Institute for Innovation Research Centre, points out that if you can provide patients 1 have workflow concept 「introduction orders to follow the return system 」, can solve orders comply with the rate is low.

Home/community health care must do more back-end system integration

In-home nursing object can be a normal healthy person, or persons with chronic medical conditions, so some technical application is similar with chronic illness care.

According to the Institute for creation Research Institute, 1 complete in-home care services systems, including home-end systems, platforms, client systems and cooperation in the service-side system.

In the home-side system application, major architecture care-to-consumer communication gateway, is responsible for the use of physiological information collection and transmission of the required software and hardware device including physiological measurement instruments feature covers the integration of information gathering, monitoring and analysis, police call ...

Etc.; the service-side system is to establish a network of the service window, through this window, you can provide in the online users remote medical services, as well as the peripheral health service and other functions. The Institute for pointed out that the service-side system must be platform-system for data transfer and Exchange; platform-system is to provide nursing care personnel, customer service staff in the management and data analysis platform.

An analyst in the eyes of the medical industry informatization (1)

As medical information development is an important component of the use of electronic medical records, is becoming a trend.

Review our past years the development of electronic medical record, electronic medical records application range in growing and moving in the breadth and depth of both sides to development, conceptual understanding of electronic medical records began from Dim awareness phase transition to rational realities stage. However, in spite of this, the system and so on factors, its development also encountered a number of bottlenecks. Springboard Research China senior analyst Liu knit describes him in the eyes of the medical information development.

CPR construction interests competing for

"The Government has been strongly advocated the use of electronic medical records, medical information development focus and direction, particularly in the area of medical development process, it has played a significant role.

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Liu knit, present in China to promote the application of electronic medical records are generally divided into two modes: one is a national pilot project, established in urban and rural health platform.

Just like Guangdong Foshan hospital, long ago in the municipality and Wanda information co., Ltd., Guangzhou computer co., Ltd. partnership development, started a community health services information systems, the city's health information system, regional electronic medical record system. In June of next year, people holding the "electronic medical record" in the eight hospitals and medical institutions in the South China Sea area, the identification, treatment information exchange will be accessible; the second is the ability of the hospital will lead his own capital, began the construction of electronic medical records. "This year in Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces to develop more. For example, the first affiliated hospital of Guangdong Zhongshan University, Guangzhou medical college affiliated hospital have started the project. Now, the Government does not have the relevant policy clearly must establish electronic medical records and health records, but it is encouraged to try, that's a very wide limits let regions and hospitals play itself. But optimism is that most cities establish electronic medical records are based on the individual as the unit of the hospital, which is like a string of Islands, did not make it fully promoted. "Liu knit said.

Electronic medical records application in China has been the restriction of regional limitations, and economy and population.

General is the economy more developed, the total population is relatively small areas, establishment of electronic medical records. As the city of Xiamen in the two years established a 100 million electronic medical record, now resident in the country's leading position in the city of 36 hospitals can share information delivery and account for about 70% of the whole.

The electronic medical record at home to promote what obstacles encountered on Earth and challenges? reporter comes down to the following three points:

First, electronic medical records application of the many stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, hospitals, community-based doctors, medical insurance, public health, public health, scientific research institutions, etc.

These stakeholders in the electronic medical record information collection and use of play different roles, presented the different functional requirements and information standards. You can imagine, if you want to create a different historical period, across different institutions and departments, and belong to different owners of data resource consolidation, forming a complete logical entity, it shall be given to different people use different requirements, it will be more difficult. Not only to solve technical challenges, but also to address the institutional mechanisms for managing all aspects of the problem.

Second, the electronic medical record information resource time span.

Due to the mobility of residents, the long-term nature of life, information scattered in different regions, different institutions, electronic medical record data standard specification to share after unification. Different regions, different business requirements, from their own perspective on data and information standards, this is undoubtedly the electronic patient record sharing faces a severe test. Electronic medical information development and sharing of resources, but also to experience a low to the advanced development of a gradual process.

Third, the electronic medical record information content complexity.

Hospital information technology practice has proved that the complexity of electronic medical record information is any other field to none, and the electronic medical record information on the standards development effort, benefit in return. In particular these information standard property should belong to the public the product category, but the Government does not have enough budget to support the development of electronic medical standard, not electronic medical record information standards, it will be difficult to realize the information exchange requirements. Is the electronic medical record information content complexity that CPR standards lag, electronic medical records application can only be personalized, local small specification, project start. Submit information through practice, use of technical specifications standards. World's Governments have not, nor may immediately come up with a complete electronic medical record standard system, the Government can only play the leading standards development and choice of roles.

Scientists develop people live to 100-year-old drug, or may be implemented within three years

Scientists claim that they are developing a way to enable mankind to live to 100-year-old drug

Åœ — äº¬æ — ¶é — ' news, 9 February, according to media reports, the United Kingdom, United States, Albert Einstein College of medicine scientists recently announced that they are developing a can make people live to 100-year-old drugs.

This invention will resolve the important areas of human health problems, thereby greatly improving humankind's average life expectancy.

It is understood that the scientists have invented this drug is based on three kinds of "Super gene" distinguished.

With these three "Super gene", who lived to 100-year-old possibilities than ordinary high out of 20 times, and that 80% of people are less likely to suffer from diseases of aging--Alzheimer's disease, which is commonly known as Alzheimer's disease. In these people, even if they are overweight or Visual smoke such as life, they also have about one third to live to 100 years old. Now, the United States scientists are working to produce a copy of these three genes function of drugs, and hope to be able to conduct clinical trials in three years. United Kingdom broadcasters will broadcast the TV documentary recently described in detail in the work of the scientists.

Currently, the United Kingdom male life expectancy is 77 years old, and 82 years for women.

At the same time, the United Kingdom about 50 million people affected by Alzheimer's disease. The study's lead scientist, Albert Einstein College of medicine, New York, United States of Neil-barz-says, "found this longevity Gene's advantage is that we can invent a longevity drugs, the drug can mimic the longevity gene function. If we can imitate successfully, then the extent of human longevity would be terrible. ”

United Kingdom aged society President Judith-Phillips Professor believes that this discovery will change the way mankind views on aging.

She said, "this is a great opportunity, because the elderly population is increasing. They will be a great resource because they can work more hours, you can have a more healthy life. In addition, this discovery also on how we see the problem in the elderly have revolutionary impact. Moreover, from the perspective of care, which can greatly reduce expenses. ”

Barz Les said, "two kinds of genes can be an important way to generate healthy cholesterol.

However, it does not have any kind of drugs can be so effective. "Another way to effectively contain diabetes gene, seem to be fundamental in reducing human suffering from Alzheimer's disease. United Kingdom Heart Foundation medical Associate Director Jeremy-Pearson Professor said, "I am optimistic that we can achieve within three years of this drug.

Germany invention may help restore vision chip in patients with diseases of the eye

Germany researchers reported that they invented an implantable electronic chip, the eye to replace the damaged retinal cells issued photographic signal, a blind for many years, patients in the implantation of the chip after it has been able to identify the immediate items.

Researchers in the new issue of journal of the United Kingdom the Royal Society B, reported that the electronic chip's role is to replace the damaged retinal photoreceptors, applies to those who have impaired retinal and blind patients, such as patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

Researchers for 3 persons suffering from the disease and blindness of volunteers implants, now they have different degrees of restored vision, one of the subjects, particularly good recovery can identification set before the table knives and forks, apples, bananas, and so on.

According to reports, this patient named Mika · Terho, Finland.

Affected by the disease, he began from the teens to declining eyesight, 30-year-old Visual Basic, when you lose is now 10 years of blindness. He told the media that in three or four days after he started trying to use a chip, the start can only see some Flash, but the scenery becomes clear. "I now have a clear understanding of the large letters, and can tell the other person is dressed in white lab coats, yellow t-shirt or blue jacket," Terho said.

Leadership of Germany Tubingen University Professor Daniel Bernard Hart · zrenner said, due to retinal damage and blind patients, the use of this electronic chip can bring their vision to meet the level of everyday life.

Researchers also said that this kind of chips and other artificial vision unit of difference is that some device before you completely bypass the structure of the eye itself, thus not only need the PC device, you need optical signal processing and transmission appliances; whereas the new invention of chips just replace the damaged photoreceptors, it felt the optical signals through the healthy cells in the eye to the transmission and processing.

This technology is still in testing phase, the researchers also United Kingdom plans to carry out relevant test next year.

Endoscopic ultrasound – trauma means lowest detection of lung cancer

Endoscopic ultrasound is a trauma lowest means of detecting lung cancer — the top by a probe with a camera can be inserted into the esophagus, the security of the judgment accurately lung masses of benign and malignant scenario.

United States, Duke University Medical Center in Gastroenterology experts in assessment of the 18 cases of endoscopic ultrasonography results concluded: endoscopic ultrasound should be considered as an evaluation of suspected malignant breast tumors of conventional detection methods.

The researchers reported that if the endoscopic ultrasonography can be widely used clinically, nearly one-third of patients with suspected lung cancer will no longer need to carry out other trauma more checks to determine the status of cancer, as well as of good and evil by stages.

Lung cancer treatment success lies in the correct identification of the tumor and whether it has been transferred.

Use of endoscopic ultrasonography as a check, the doctor can sometimes see the masses, directly and more importantly, the doctor can check extraction by endoscopy in patients with tumor tissue samples, and through the sample to determine whether the cancer has been transferred to the nearby tissue or lymph nodes. The pathologist can rapidly through the sample to determine whether the tumor is malignant.

The research results were published in February 2007 the journal Chest.

The research group of Dr. Frank Gress, a member of the analysis results can be changed for certain types of lung cancer staging method.

The study used meta-analysis (meta-analysis) method---researchers brought together 18 small clinical trial data, these small clinical trials to evaluate whether the endoscopic ultrasound can accurately detect 1201 non-small cell lung cancer patients of cancer spread.

Lung cancer patients in approximately 80% are non-small cell lung cancer, lung cancer spread rapidly.

The researchers found that endoscopic ultrasound can effectively detect 83% no chest lymph node metastasis of cancer as well as identify 97% have lymph node metastasis of cancer.

Gress, if clinically used endoscopic ultrasound, about 30% of all lung cancer patients do not have to accept more trauma more checks.

In these invasive examination, and some even require patients to receive general anesthesia for surgery doctor through the operation of extraction from their lungs method of tissue samples.

Currently, researchers are working to assess the cost effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasound.

Canada "micro robot" can be a good start cell

According to the United Kingdom the New Scientist magazine today reported that the development of new micro-Toronto machine hand is a pair of miniature machine vise, has the most sensitive of the grip, you can grab and move a cell, but does not destroy the cells.

This tiny robot can be used to assemble the cells to man-made structure or manufacture of Micron and Nano devices.

This machine can do little to forceps 20 na Newton's force, 1 na Newton is one billionth of a Newton.

University of Toronto is responsible for the development of this project more than researchers Sun (transliteration), this is a robot for the first time can feel them so slight grasping objects.

By contrast, the previous pliers to much less, not such a good feeling of power.

This machine vise can not only for the first time they weak grip strength, you can feel their contact surfaces.

When they come across things, they feel, therefore, not crashed before can help them close to the cells and other objects. This ability means that when connecting microscopes and appropriate software, the machine pliers can be in control of the automatic stabilization work. Even resorted to their body, they can only make 2 ppm of objects from the bondage of gravity, which means they can move up to 2 ppm's weight.

It is understood that this machine vise arm only about 3 mm long, five root "fingers" to seize the diameter 10 microns of cells.

In the test to hold larger heart cells, this machine is a pair of pliers in this cell is not compromised, can grab and move this cell. If you use 100 na Newton's forces seize this cell, the destruction of the cellular machine vise shape of only 15%.

This machine can be controlled by software forceps, software can identify a single cell, and you can move within a few seconds to this machine vise.

Sun Yu said, this is also fast. This machine vise with touch, can know more vigorously to seize a cell. In tests, the researchers also makes this machine one cell, forceps grab and arrange in a line to show their great talent.

Happily, this machine is quite cheap, about forceps 50 dollar a, mass production will only take about 10 dollars is enough, because they can be made by silicon etching.

This research results published in the latest issue of the micro-mechanical and micro-engineering magazine.

30-second measurement rhythm beating, ECG mobile global first

Patient's finger gently touch phone, can be measured within 30 seconds, the ECG rhythm beating (ECG) readings to 24-hour medical center, and 10 minutes to centre of response or advice, this is a local company Ephone International (EPI) developed the world's first mobile phone with ECG function of Forte.

It is this year's fifth national information communication Award (The National Infocomm Awards) of information communication technology one of the most innovative products and services winner.

EPI corporate Medical Director Dr. Zhou Yu ren said, they interviewed the traditional narrow and ECG chip and mobile platforms, the use of Mobile Telecom GSM network and service centre of host for remote communication, so that users can use a specially crafted handset capture rhythm beating, so as to prevent heart disease outbreaks and sudden death.

Once you discover unusual electrocardiographic readings, Medical Center will immediately send the newsletter to the user, to remind them of the early presentation.

Users can dial to the Medical Center, requirements and the duty of Cardiology doctor dialogue, learn more about their illness.

An ECG features mobile current price is $ 992, including 6 months basic matching, each month ECG measurement 10 times.

Patients who have a need to step up its monitoring of heart rhythm, then upgrade kit.

Zhou Yu ren said, available since February this year, it already has about 500 users, many of whom are from Malaysia and Indonesia's heart, because of their deep confidence Singapore brand.

He also revealed that the next half year, the company will launch can detect other chronic symptoms such as asthma and diabetes by cell phone.

Another of the most innovative products and services to help merchants gathered medallist accurate intelligence and media products-Chi Wangluokejigongsi (Brandtology Pte Ltd).

Company founder and Chief Executive of week chengzhi said that as the Internet increasingly developed social features, marketing needs to better grasp the net about the emotion and trends in, the company's service is built on this demand.

Products-Chi Wangluokejigongsi height smart reptiles network (crawler network), in-depth acquisition network channel publishing information, help clients such as banks and financial companies, technology companies, telecommunications providers and the public sector, from online mining the information, to understand our customers ' ideas.

The national information communication award of another group — the most innovative use of information and communication technologies Prize, this year the world respectively by Sentosa attractions, the national hospital, and founder of gourmet search site Hungrygowhere GTW holding company.

Sentosa attractions world of innovation and technology and trading services supervisor leaf zhiyun said that they had two years to develop a platform for the integration of customers, bonus points program and the entire integrated resort service system, so challenging.

He said: "our central computer system covers six main areas, including hotels, restaurants, retail, theme park, concert tickets and parking system, of course, the Casino, the system requirements are different, but closely for the purpose of facilitating a visitor a card and visit the famous world Sentosa.

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Leaf-Yun said that they will at the end of the school holidays pilot launch mobile navigation service, visitors can learn from cell phone, theme park is also a real-time understanding of various attractions waiting time and limits, etc.

National Hospital for the introduction of the closed-loop medication management system (Closed Loop Medication Management), accidentally hair allergy drugs to the patient with previous years 21 onwards to last year's 11 onwards, the first five months of this year was no more.

Hospital health system medical information Commissioner Mr Lin said the new system for the pills with barcode, the doctor prescribed medicine, pharmacists and nurses is to give the patient again and check the medication the patient for greater protection.

This system is also extended to ttsh.

In last night's dinner, winners from news, communications and the arts Minister Lu de Department of generation y received awards in the hand.

High risk of heart disease Telemonitoring system prototype (1)

1 Introduction

Cardiovascular disease is often precarious, and seriously ill, change rapidly, once the attack is likely to cause tremendous suffering of patients, or even cause syncope or sudden death.

Especially coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias history, family history of sudden cardiac death, heart transplant history, illness, disease suddenly, random, high-rate features, usually sudden death in patients with acute symptoms appear after 1 hour is likely to cause death, malignant ventricular fibrillation even in 12 minutes, causing sudden death in patients suffering from serious heart disease patients referred to above shall be a high risk of heart disease [1]. Therefore, how the risk of heart disease, especially the majority of patients in the out-of-illness early diagnosis can be made before the onset of timely guidance and rescue personnel to the scene in the first instance, the implementation of the assistance is to reduce the risk of heart disease due to crowd out the timely rescue and lead to the incidence of death. ECG is the diagnosis of heart of regular and effective means to risk heart patients in syncope or sudden death is accompanied by multiple at-risk electrocardiogram [2]; use of ECG analysis of continuous dynamic monitoring, to help early detection and diagnosis of these diseases in a timely manner.

Telemonitoring in heart disease prevention and treatment has a very important role, currently has aroused the attention of scholars at home and abroad, has successfully developed the PSTN-based Telemonitoring systems, hospital telemetry ECG monitoring system, as well as the latest on embedded mobile devices of remote mobile monitoring systems [3, 4]; meet on heart disease for continuous dynamic remote ECG monitoring of basic requirements.

However, existing remote ECG monitoring system or the remote mobile ECG monitoring system in actual clinical outreach, especially for high-risk heart outside the guardianship, still exist such as patient activity scope limited, not available at the same time many people care function, does not have the patient geolocation capabilities, etc.

This article is targeted at high risk for heart disease patients in the medical monitoring of special background and clinical assistance requirements, development of a GSM/GPRS wireless mobile communication system and GPS functionality prototypes to enable out-of-risk heart patients with real-time ECG monitoring, analysis, early diagnosis, and prevention of sudden death in patients with, enhance patient's sense of security and living comfort.

2 works

This paper presents a high risk of heart disease of telemonitoring systems consist of remote mobile terminal and hospital care centre composed of two parts, a hospital care center can simultaneously monitor multiple patients.

Remote mobile terminal from patients to carry on, anytime, anywhere with ECG monitoring and real-time ECG data through the GSM/GPRS wireless mobile network to hospital care centres so that physicians timely diagnosis. When an exception occurs in patients with ECG, hospital care center will automatically alert and prompt the doctor on duty; at the same time, the Monitoring Centre's GIS system according to the mobile terminal uploading GPS information automatically indicates that patients current geographic location. Electrocardiogram with high-risk behaviour and disease symptoms of patients, made by the doctor on duty for the early diagnosis and issued instructions for help; aid officer under directives provide the geographic location of patients quickly onsite implementation assistance, prevention of sudden death in patients.

This system's primary function embedded mobile terminal is the real-time collection of three-lead ECG, on the one hand, through simple analysis in the mobile terminal displays basic information about the provision of local early-warning function; on the other hand, using batch transmission will be in compressed ECG information and GPS latitude and longitude information via the GPRS communication network to Hospital Center in monitoring system database.

Hospital care center is the entire remote real-time monitoring system of the central nervous system, whose main feature is the remote monitoring of various mobile terminal user ECG signals remote centralized monitoring, storage, analysis and diagnosis, as well as playback, printing, and Terminal parameters, status of remote monitoring; combined with GIS platform's powerful space location analysis capabilities to mobile users geographical location tracking, locating, display.

3 system development

3.1 embedded mobile terminal design

(1) embedded hardware design of the mobile terminal

Embedded hardware design of the mobile terminal is at ARM 7 Architecture 32-bit microprocessor based on the Philips LPC2200 to Guangzhou to remote electronic company EasyARM2200 processor module is the core, extended some peripheral module that implements the electrocardiographic data acquisition module, human-computer interface modules, GPS module, as well as hospital care center communication of GPRS module, the system interface resources are fully utilized.

Figure 1 is the entire design of the hardware system architecture diagram.

Based on the design of digital hearing aids TMS320VC5416DSP (1)

0 introduction

With the development of society and people's growing concern for patients with hearing impairment, hearing aids development gradually attention.

But since the hearing disorders causes vary, their hearing loss situation exists quite a big difference, making every patient the compensation for hearing aids have different requirements. At present, the modern hearing aid technology into the era of digital hearing aids. At the same time, various effective improve the efficiency of digital hearing aids and digital signal processing algorithms also get more attention. In this proposed based on the design of digital hearing aids TMS320VC5416, meet deaf patients on listening needs.

System composition and working principle

1.1 system composition

Technical requirements based on hearing aids, use TI company TMS320C5416 C54X series products (hereinafter referred to as C5416) and digital encoder TLV320AIC23 (hereinafter AIC23).

Digital encoder AIC23 is a TI company launched a high-performance stereo audio Codec chip, A/d and D/A conversion parts integrated on the chip, using advanced σ-△ oversampling technology, built-in headphone output amplifier.

AIC23DSP Codec working voltage and C5416 core and i/o voltage is compatible, you can achieve with C54x serial port for seamless connection, power consumption is very low, making the AIC23 is a very ideal audio analog devices that can be applied to the design of digital hearing aids.

System structure as shown in Figure 1, includes DSP module, audio processing modules, JTAG interface, enclosure and power supply modules, etc.

Analog voice signals through the MIC or IANE IN input AIC-23, after die/number converted by MCBSP serial input C5416, after the actual algorithm for treatment and compensation be deaf patients need a voice signal, and then by number/die cast AIC23, through speakers or headphones output sound signal.

1.2 C5416 and AIC23 interface design

Figure 2 is an interface with AIC23 C5416 schematic.

Because the sample output AIC23 is serial data, hence the need to coordinate and matching of DSP serial Transfer Protocol, is the most suitable for MCBSP speech signal transmission. Be the first 22 feet AIC23 MODE then terminated, receive from the DSP SPI serial data formats. Digital control interface (SCLK, SDIN, CS) and MCBSPl connection, control word total of 16-bit, start by high traffic. The digital audio port LRCOUT, LRCIN, DOUT, DIN, connected with MCBSP0 BCLK. In the works, DSP-based mode, the mode AIC23, i.e. BCLK clock signal generated by the DSP.

Serial clock by BCLKX0, BCLKR0 parallel to AIC23 of BCLK clock so that you can send and receive data to generate serial clock signal.

Input/output sync signal LRCIN and LRCOUT, used to start the serial data transfer and receive DSP frame synchronization signal.

BFSX0 and BFSR0, BDR0 and BDX0 respectively and AIC23 DIN and implement DSP DOUT connections and digital communication between AIC23.

2 system implementation

The basic characteristics of 2.1 voice

The sound is a wave that could be the ear to hear the sound vibration frequency of 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz.

Voice is the voice of a person, he is to issue pronunciation organ, with some syntax and meaning of sound. Voice of the vibration frequency of up to 15 kHz.

Voice as it is divided into different incentive forms: unvoiced sound, voiced sound, the sound of blasting.

While the basic characteristics of the sound is determined by genes cycle and formants and other factors. When fat voiced sound, the air flow through the vocal fold vibration of glottis, quasi periodic excitation pulse train. This pulse train cycle is called the "gene cycle" the countdown to the "gene frequency".

The human channel and nasal road can be seen as a non-uniform interface channel, Channel Canal resonance frequency is called formants.

Change channel shape produces a different sound. Formant used sequentially increased multiple frequency indicated if F1, F2, F3, and so on, called first formant, the second formant, etc. In order to improve the quality of voice reception, must be in as many formants. Actually, the first three formant is the most important, specific conditions for people.

2.2 speech enhancement

In a real application environment, the voice will be varying degrees of affected by environmental noise interference.

Speech enhancement is for noisy speech processing, noise reduction, improvement of the auditory environment.

The actual voice experience interference may include the following categories:

Based on JN5139 wireless sensor networking pulse monitoring system design of body temperature (1)

Summary: ask a support body temperature and pulse monitoring of ZigBee wireless sensor network system.

Sensor terminals, wireless routers and base stations 3 class based on the micro-controller node JN5139 device through the network regularly collect field measurements of body temperature and pulse parameters, using computer for centralized storage and management. The system has high accuracy, connectivity, scalability, and low power consumption.

Introduction

Temperature and pulse is reflected the important human health, patient physiological indicators of these physiological indicators continuous monitoring, diagnosis and treatment for diseases of the right to provide an important basis.

As sensor technology, embedded computing technology and wireless communication technologies for development, based on wireless sensor networks vital signs monitoring systems are more and more attention. Among them, based on the normal RF chip and a custom transport protocol of the system has a simple and low-cost advantages, disadvantages are low, the versatility of reliability is poor; a system based on Bluetooth protocol data rates are relatively high, but the distance is short, the power consumption and high capacity, network as weak; built on ZigBee IEEE 802.15.4 low-speed communication standards for wireless personal area network (Low-Rate Wireless Personal Net-work, LR-WPAN) protocol specification, the complexity of the system has a low, low power consumption, high reliability, network capacity, etc., become the focus of research in the field of application.

This article proposes a support body temperature and pulse monitoring of ZigBee wireless sensor network systems, network regularly collect field measurements of body temperature and pulse parameters, and use the computer for centralized storage and management, improving the monitoring of the efficiency and quality.

The system has high reliability, scalability, and low power consumption, low cost advantages.

1 monitoring system architecture

Monitoring system including sensor terminals, wireless routers and base stations have three types of nodes to self-organizing manner constitute a ZigBee mesh wireless sensor network, as shown in Figure l.

Temperature sensor Terminal is responsible for detecting and pulse, test results, through their parent node router sends to the base station. Base station with upper monitoring software to receive the data storage and display, and according to user needs to display the current status of the network structure and devices, set the sampling period and alarm threshold, the output changes reflecting the condition of records and historical curve.

2 node hardware structure

2.1 JN5139 wireless micro-controller

ZigBee node device hardware implementations are divided into two major categories: one category is the RF transceivers and separation of micro-controllers, each with 1 chip, user device class (Coordin-ator, Router, Device End) and feature selection for optimal mix; the two integrated in a chip, you can simplify device hardware design, improving the system of hardware reliability.

JN5139 is Jennic company launched the second generation single-chip IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee wireless micro-controllers, embedded 32-bit RISC CPU, 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 RF transceiver, 192 KB ROM, 96 KBRAM, as well as a wealth of parallel, serial, timer, A/D and D/A, interface resource.

In order to improve products, electromagnetic compatibility JN5139 chip, Crystal 16 MHz, 128 Flash KB serial memory, antenna, ceramics components consolidation become universal module to its core, combined with appropriate peripherals, protocol stacks and application code, you can implement different types of ZigBee node device.

2.2 sensor Terminal

As shown in Figure 2, the sensor terminal by JN5139 minimum system, temperature detection circuit, pulse circuit composition detection, using 3.6 battery V NiMH power supply.

Minimum system including JN5139 module, reset components R1 and C1, status indicator D1 and program download interface j1. Power-on reset, JN5139 internal ROM of Bootloader automatically detect MISO pin level. If it is high, the direct serial Flash outside of the films in the program code is loaded into the RAM chip; if it is running in a low, then into programming, through the serial port 0 download PC for the latest code, and writes Serial Flash.

Temperature measurement circuit consists of high-precision resistance NTC thermistor RT and precision resistance R3 ~ R5.

JN5139 by making DI01 output low level to control the temperature measuring circuit, using three 12-bit A/D conversion channel separately measured 3 points of potential, thermistor seeking out of resistance, and then use thermistor R-T relational tables and linearization formula to get the appropriate temperature.

Pulse detection circuit including photoelectric sensor and signal conditioning circuits, as shown in Figure 3.

Photoelectric sensor consists of a red light launch tube D1 and triode Q1 photosensitive, both relative to shading within a set. Measuring pulse, part of the light emitted by finger, exposure to phototransistor of photic, transmitted light intensity with pulse fluctuation render very small changes, the phototransistor optically a power conversion, output DC and weak Exchange phase voltage signal superposition of mixed. The signal across direct, low-pass filtering and amplifying processing, become a peak close to Vcc/2 analog pulse signal carried by JN5139 A/D conversion, digital filtering and cycle the judgment, the finalGet to min-pulse rate values. In order to resolve individual differences, and so causes pulse output signal saturation or too small, the emission tubes operating current by JN5139 through d/a converter automatically adjust.

The future of China's medical devices industry will face three aspects of the development

Along with the improvement of living standards, health care and increasing demand, and as a new round of medical system reform, the Government also increased the investment in this area, now our annual growth rate of medical devices are more than two digits, the investment adviser to the pharmaceutical industry researcher Guo, and where the ceremony that the future of China's medical devices industry will face three aspects of development.

Investment advisor in the pharmaceutical industry researcher Guo where ritual pointed out, first of all, our medical device industry will provide more high-tech, more user-friendly, intelligent and robot now bio cognitive development has a huge breakthrough in China will also be in the future to add high-tech medical devices, such as mechanical sensor materials, intelligent device clinical trials system and so on.

Guo where the ceremony that followed, the medical device industry in China will be a household basis to produce more applicable to family self monitoring and diagnosis and remote medical device products, at the same time, we also will strive to develop organ transplantation and secondary medical device, such as cardiac transplantation, transplantation, graft, and so on, to the greatest degree of Defense of people's lives, health and safety of risk.

Guo where the ceremony also pointed out that in the end, China medical device industry will open a new minimally invasive medical devices, medical device product past era of accuracy is not high, while the treatment of disease may have some negative effects, but now begun to enter the non-invasive medical devices or minimally invasive era, some miniaturization, intelligent medical devices will be the future direction of development.

CIC Advisory published the 2009-2012, China medical device industry investment analysis and forecast report pointed out that the medical device industry is now the world's fastest growing industries, although some high-tech medical devices continues to be the monopoly of multinationals in Europe and America, but the future of the medical device industry towards these three directions, will have the strength to break into foreign markets.

U.s. nanotechnology development can detect cancer early symptoms of sensor

Stanford University scientist recently using nanotechnology and electromagnetic effects invented a biochemical sensor, this sensor can detect early signs of cancer, which is favorable for patients being treated in a timely manner.

Scientists claim that this kind of installation in the micro-chip sensors, their sensitivity than the existing medical cancer detector more than 1000 times higher. Scientists said: "in early cancer patients blood, protein targets rank is very low, so you need to use the sensitivity of the sensor can detect it. If detected early symptoms of cancer, cancer cure rate can be greatly enhanced. "It is understood that the sensor can even be detected one hundred billion minutes of protein targets.

Moreover, this sensor in chemotherapy after a few days, it can detect the cancer patients receiving chemotherapy symptoms have improved, but the current instruments and equipment you need, such as patients receive chemotherapy after several months, to make a similar judgment, give cancer patients causing immense suffering.

At Stanford this biochemical sensors, micro-chip total integrated 64 biochemical sensors that can detect a variety of different types of cancer diseases

Beautiful large recycling disposable instruments disinfection process at any time to check

According to the United States media reported on February 25, the entire US 1/4 of the national hospital began recycling disposable medical devices.

United States is the world's largest disposable medical devices market, with 40% share of the world.

The use of disposable medical equipment of such a scale, increased the difficulty of medical waste disposal, it became the largest of the "United States" spam sources pose a threat to the environment.

Johns Hopkins University School of medicine • public health Professor Martin • Ma Kali and security expert Peter • Prono Hammerfest completed with recovery of heat phenomenon in hospital as a report showed that now has about 100 kinds of disposable medical equipment for the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) license, start recovery again, the most common include endoscopy, laparoscopy with instruments and so on.

Disposable medical equipment recycling, every day can reduce the number of tonnes of medical waste.

University of Maryland Medical Center implemented recycling 1 year and more, saving medical costs 40 million, some larger Hospital saves $ 1 million.

Some patient groups worried about these reprocessing equipment sterilization is not complete, the resulting cross-infection.

Researchers said the FDA has launched the amendments to the single-use instruments for reprocessing Guide, which details each class can then processing equipment for cleansing and disinfection. Moreover, the requirements for reprocessing of medical devices must be clearly marked "reprocessing" and the relevant manufacturers. FDA also on disinfecting processes of recovery of enterprise monitoring and timely. At the same time, recycling disposable medical devices are also very seriously. Therefore, the reuse of disposable medical equipment is very safe.

Nano-scale visualization: lift medical and electronic revolution

IBM recently announced at the nanometer scale visualization technology made a breakthrough on this breakthrough will lead to more powerful drugs and integrated circuits.

IBM Almaden Research Center's researchers discovered a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to observation of nano-objects.

The Center for the study of nano-Dan Rugar charge that this discovery with landmark significance, it can be adequately demonstrated by MRI technology and scanning microscopy.

Rugar believes that, while build a three dimensional way to watch to a single atom of microscope this ultimate goal to be achieved over many years, but the MRI technology extended to nanometer-level continued to be a great achievement.

Rugar said: "MRI is a great technology, but not a lethal limit: sensitivity is not high."

IBM researchers successfully used magnetic resonance force microscope (MRFM) observed a small-to-90-nanometer-dimensional images of objects. 1 nanometer is one billionth of a meter.

Rugar said, as the future of atomic-scale 3D imaging technology, scientists will be better able to identify protein structure and function, improved drug and material development.

IBM researchers in imaging technology is great.

In 1986, since the invention of the scanning tunneling microscopy, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory of Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer Nobel Physics Prize. The Nature Nanotechnology magazine will be published on this research project article the 90 nanometer resolution magnetic resonance imaging technology ".

Us proposes to develop mind-reading computer solving EEG

Some stroke patients or battlefield brain injured soldiers in medical treatment is difficult for speech communication with doctors, in order to understand the mind of such patients, resulting in a more targeted way, United States scientists are trying to use EEG reading their mind.

According to the United States media 17 reported that, in accordance with the University of California at Irvine, a study group of the design, some of the brain is damaged, hard-to-oral expression of patients wearing a specially crafted hats, hat of electrode contacts human scalp EEG activity and monitoring, the monitoring information is transmitted to a computer for scientists interpret. Patients were initially requested from the scientists listed some Word by selecting one of the heart — meditation, scientists are using EEG synchronization analysis ex brain activity, "read" the word they want to. After the success of such an interpretation, the scientists intend to allow patients to expand on the scope, but to achieve understanding of complex thought content may take several years. Participation in this research scientist John Parker said, current research is still in its initial stage, they hope that this work contributes to the development of "mind cognitive" software, the brain injuries, hard-to-oral expression of patients don't speak can exchange thoughts with others. But since the study's $ 4 million funding comes from the United States military, inevitably let some people fear that this could have the benefit of mankind's technology will be abused to interrogate the enemy.

EPCOS launches new high-precision disposable type medical thermometer

Apple Coase (EPCOS) production of new disposable thermometer with high accuracy (up to ± 0.1 K) and respond promptly (7s) features. Used to measure patients ' temperature, simple operation, fast. Disposable sensor design concept from mature ceramic technology, that is, a microchip negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor, both the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved materials such as polypropylene, as well as the use of new technology. Through low temperature process will NTC chip and copper wire connected with silver paste, you can minimize the technological lead of the drift of impedance NTC thermistor. Connect with other technologies, such as welding, soldering or cannot achieve this effect. Disposable thermometer the biggest advantage is its response time is very short. If using the traditional way to shorten the measurement time, you must pass a complex prediction method, inferred patients expected temperature. Apple Coase's solution does not need to do so. Therefore, you do not have to pay additional costs for electronic equipment. Apple Marcos have been developed reusable thermometer for long time measurements, such as monitoring operation in the temperature or the conservation of the patient in the baby's body temperature. This product is characterized by a high accuracy, structure and firm and able to withstand sterilization cycle. It can be used in disinfection of 121 ° C for 20 minutes or 134 ° C in 4 minutes, its life cycle is 100 times. Apple Coase used in injection moulding technology guarantees that the product has good resistance to moisture. In contrast, traditional filling technology for production of sensor systems not permeability is relatively low. It's another advantage is with double insulation and high flexibility of the cable, the insulation resistance of more than 100 M Ω, in measuring the temperature of the surface of the skin, reliable performance.

The advent of portable scanner breast size such as meals and convenience

According to the United States the Sing Tao Daily Roundup, breast cancer awareness month just ended, the United States University of Manchester (University of Manchester) electrical and electronic engineering provides some encouraging news.

Chinese Zhipeng Wu (transliteration: Charles Peng) Professor successfully developed a portable breast scan machine that accepts real-time scanning of patients can see from the image on the display, clear the display found. Neoplasms

This is like a lunch box size scanner uses similar mobile radio frequency technology, but much lower power.

This instrument allows the doctor to have an operation for real-time detection, even for patients at home on their own continuous monitoring.

Now go to the hospital or clinics for breast cancer detection of process will not easily and intrusive.

The more common method is breast X light and shadow, but detection accuracy of great disparities, 50 years of women with higher accuracy, younger accuracy may be reduced to 60%. Wu Professor used do not have to take two tablets breast clip X Lightguide plate, but rather use a connection to a laptop and more comfortable Cup-shaped scanner.

According to researcher said that the main difference between breast x-rays shadow rely on breast tissue density, and radio-frequency you use normal and disease in breast tissue permittivity of differences.

This new technology can be used in breast into scanning Cup moment we live developer, any tumor or unusual organization will display in red.

Professor Wu said: "the system is portable, acceptance testing of women a lie down may be scanned in real time, everything is in real-time.

This real-time developer reduce scan time got a breast tumor. This will benefit the developed and developing countries, millions of women, want to know every nine women, one in this life is likely to suffer from breast cancer. ”

As a result of using similar cell phone found by technology, but much lower power, this system was said to be "safe and low-cost".

Canada, the United Kingdom and United States researchers have radio frequency or microwave techniques to detect breast cancer. Professor Wu this system no single existing class system more quickly, you don't need such as ultrasound and other systems use some specific liquid or gel to make media, this system can simply use oil, milk, water, and even wearing a bra.

Professor Wu pointed out that although there was still some research work to be done, this system has a great opportunity to become a new method for the diagnosis of breast cancer.

This patented invention has been nominated to be released within a month of "engineering and Technology Institute (Institution of Engineering and Technology, the IET) Innovation Award".