Healthcare IT Today November 9, 2021
Timely prediction is key to saving both lives and money in the health care system. I recently talked to Sam Yang, managing director and cofounder of Xandar Kardian, about their motion sensor called XK300 that can tip off clinicians to oncoming emergencies in patients suffering from COVID-19, heart failure, COPD, pneumonia, asthma, and more.
The XK300 (Figure 1) emits very fast, high-bandwidth signals over a wide area in a technology called ultra wide band (UWB) radar. The XK300 is pretty tolerant of location; it can be on a wall or even a ceiling (which would make it harder to remove) and can scan an entire human body (Figure 2). Thus, it can check the breathing and even the heart beat...
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