Functional contact lenses for remote health monitoring in developing countries

N. Thomas; I. Lähdesmäki; A. Lingley; Yu-Te Liao; J. Pandey; A. Afanasiev; B. Otis; T. Shen; B. A. Parviz

doi:10.1109/GHTC.2011.31

Functional contact lenses for remote health monitoring in developing countries

N. Thomas^*, I. Lähdesmäki, A. Lingley, Yu-Te Liao, J. Pandey, A. Afanasiev, B. Otis, T. Shen, B. A. Parviz

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The opportunities afforded by using a functional contact lens for remote wireless health status monitoring are discussed and the progress to date in the development of this technology platform is presented. A functional contact lens complete with sensors and embedded circuitry can be used to monitor the composition of tear fluid and, by extension, a number of health-status related parameters in the body in a noninvasive and continuous fashion. The data collected by the disposable contact lens may be sent wirelessly to a mobile phone that, in turn, can relay the information to a medical practitioner via the cellular phone network. If successfully developed and deployed, such a system can be used for monitoring a variety of health indicators over a large geographic area and population distribution with minimal need for the physical presence of health care providers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011
Pages	212-217
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2011.31
State	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Event	2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 30 Oct 2011 → 1 Nov 2011

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011

Conference

Conference	2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011
Country	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	30/10/11 → 1/11/11

Keywords

Contact Lens
Diabetes
Glucose Sensing
Lactate Sensing
Noninvasive Monitoring
Real-time Monitoring
Wireless Health Monitoring

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Thomas, N., Lähdesmäki, I., Lingley, A., Liao, Y-T., Pandey, J., Afanasiev, A., Otis, B., Shen, T., & Parviz, B. A. (2011). Functional contact lenses for remote health monitoring in developing countries. In Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011 (pp. 212-217). [6103638] (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011). https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2011.31

Thomas, N. ; Lähdesmäki, I. ; Lingley, A. ; Liao, Yu-Te ; Pandey, J. ; Afanasiev, A. ; Otis, B. ; Shen, T. ; Parviz, B. A. / Functional contact lenses for remote health monitoring in developing countries. Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011. 2011. pp. 212-217 (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2011).

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