Application of BME in modern society EX: I Phone APP

       Since BME is such a broad and diverse industry, it can utilize various areas of engineering and medical science to benefit society.
     In modern times, BME has touched all area of technology and materials to benefit society in health care, one example is the use of I-Phone applications. According to the journal by EE- Evaluation Engineering, an I-Phone app measures the heart rate. This is an example of how technology and health care merge into one benefiting and preventing heart diseases and failures. This idea of phone applications has sparked ideas for a WPI ( Worcester  Polytechnic Institute) researcher.
         Biomedical Engineer, Ki Chon and his teams of WPI  Biomedical Engineering students have recently developed an application available in smart phones that is advanced and more reliable than recent applications that measure the heart beat. This application not only measures the heart rate, but also takes into account the heart rhythm, respiration rate, and blood oxygen saturation.  This app is first of many, of the application of BME in modern times using  modern technologies such as the I-phone.  The new application introduced by Ki Chon and his collegues, yields " vital signs as accurate as standard  medical monitors now in clinical use". 

"Hold the phone for vital signs." EE-Evaluation Engineering Nov. 2011: 6. General OneFile. Web. 27 Nov. 2011.

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