The eBeat by TEKTELIC is the ideal solution to continuously monitor the health and well-being of medical facility patients, senior care residents, or any other individual for potential respiratory illness or other health indicators requiring intervention. This specialized device is designed to continuously monitor an individuals body temperature, one of the most common symptoms of respiratory illness. An adjustable, washable arm-band strap ensures the device can be worn comfortably and discreetly in any situation.
TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
Is the device meant to be used 24/7? Is it comfortable?
Yes, the device can be used 24/7 with the vitals transmitted from a wide range of frequency starting from once every minute to once every 4 hours. The device is extremely light weighted and comes with a smooth strap to wrap around your arm thereby making it a very comfortable device.
As the solution is based on LoRaWAN, what happens when the user is out of range of network and outdoor?
The device has no knowledge of the coverage areas of the gateway so it will continue to transmit the vitals as configured until the device comes back into range of a gateway receiver. The device has store and forward capability where the cloud-based application can query the device to resend any missed packets.
HOW OFTEN DOES THE DEVICE COMMUNICATE WITH THE GATEWAY?
By default, eBeat transmits data once every 15 minutes in normal mode and hence communication with the gateway follows the same frequency, however, when the device is activated in ‘urgent attention mode’ then at default state it will transmit data every minute. The Normal mode is user configurable which means that the user can decide at what frequency they want the vitals to be reported. In this case, the device will communicate with the gateway at the user configured frequency.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN BENEFITS OF LORAWAN COVERAGE EDOCTOR USES COMPARED TO WI-FI AND BLE THE MOST OF THE COMPETITORS PROPOSE?
More Coverage – In outdoor rural areas, ranges on tens of km are possible, in urban to suburban environments ranges of 1 to a few km are more typical. In indoor applications in multi-story buildings, it is helpful to have gateways provisioned indoors.
Better remote monitoring in hospitals – Nurses can connect multiple devices with our NS and can monitor the vitals at a remote setting within a designated range that is large enough for hospitals. LoRaWAN based eBeat will provide quick insights about patient’s vitals in both urban and rural areas where internet is not reachable.
HOW DO YOU ALERT THE NURSES OR HEALTH PRACTITIONERS WHEN THERE’S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION?
eBeat has an automatic algorithm based Urgent Attention mode that gets activated as soon as a concerning dip or change in the vitals are noticed which requires physician help. For e.g., the UA mode will get activated if the Spo2 level drops below 92% for a couple of minutes. Once the UA mode is activated, the nurse or physician can see a flag on the application indicating that UA mode has been activated.
Why should you buy eBeat over the conventional fingertip pulse oximeters?
The conventional fingertip pulse oximeters interfere with the activities of daily living while you wear them. E beat provides you the freedom to keep going with your activities while wearing it over your upper arm. Also, our dsp algorithms take care of the inaccuracies introduces due to hand motion and gives you the best estimate of your vitals. Additionally, the eBeat offers you options to store, manage and share data through Tektelic LoRaWAN network server.