Todd Coleman: A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home
Todd Coleman: Un tatuaje temporal que lleva los cuidados hospitalarios al hogar
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for her preterm contractions.
technicians and experts
que técnicos y expertos
to monitor her uterine contractions.
para monitorizar contracciones uterinas.
is because she's worried.
es que está preocupada.
about what happens
on bed rest at the hospital.
it would be devastating.
tan pronto, sería devastador.
to have a premature birth
de tener un parto prematuro
until she gives birth,
hasta que dé a luz
of her life paying for the bill;
pagando la factura;
and hope for the best.
y esperar que todo salga bien.
seems appealing.
about stories like this
the benefits of high-fidelity monitoring
de una monitorización de calidad
partners in the hospital
haciendo vida normal?"
living their daily life?
de investigación
clever material scientists,
and brainstormed.
you could wear like a piece of jewelry
llevar como una pieza de joyería
to yourself like a Band-Aid.
and years of endeavors,
y años de esfuerzos
electrónico flexible
with this flexible electronic patch
using the same processes
from a semiconductor wafer
de una oblea de semiconductores
that can interface with the human body.
comunicarse con el cuerpo humano.
the thickness of a human hair.
el grosor de un pelo humano.
of information that we want,
de información que queremos,
transmission capabilities.
de transmisión inalámbrica.
these types of systems,
este tipo de sistemas,
en nuestro grupo de investigación.
in our research group.
a algunos socios clínicos
to some of our clinical partners
in different clinical conditions,
con diferentes condiciones clínicas,
in labor at our university hospital
dar a luz en el hospital de la universidad
mediante un cinturón convencional.
contractions with the conventional belt.
pertaining to the fetal heart rate,
pertenecientes al pulso fetal,
to what was acquired
and our algorithms.
flexibles y algoritmos.
were beginning to come to fruition,
empezaban a hacerse realidad
en un contexto clínico.
in a clinical context.
we manufactured these systems
de fabricar estos sistemas
of the nurses in the hospital,
trabajaban con adhesivos médicos
with typical medical adhesives
"Wait a minute.
"Un momento.
them work with adhesives,
our manufacturing problem."
inside of a piece of Scotch tape
estos monitores en cinta adhesiva
allows us to, in addition,
nos permite, además,
into the flexible adhesives
and digitizing them,
transmisión inalámbrica.
into the same medical adhesives
los mismos adhesivos médicos
as well as a usability perspective,
la ingeniería como de la usabilidad
sean prácticos de usar.
make it used practically.
that we can simply digitize the data,
de que podemos digitalizar los datos,
information for interpretation.
para su interpretación.
about some of the energy challenges.
and how much it would cost
qué tarifa de datos tiene y el coste
enviar datos continuamente.
a continuous stream of data.
dentro de la profesión médica.
profession is comfortable talking about.
does not have the most trust
have not had the best experiences
no han tenido las mejor experiencias
of questions of privacy.
que pensar en la privacidad.
being processed into the cloud.
government can be hacked,
puede ser hackeado,
all the hackers in the world,
que todos los hackers del mundo,
them a smaller target.
un objetivo más pequeño.
that do data interpretation
de interpretación de datos en la nube,
on those small integrated circuits
pequeños circuitos integrados
these things together,
we can think about the future
go about living her normal daily life,
puede vivir una vida normal,
she doesn't have to get another job
conseguir otro trabajo
some of her concerns about privacy.
sus preocupaciones sobre privacidad.
algunas cuestiones de privacidad
of these questions about privacy
está prácticamente cerrado.
the chapter is closed now.
como mencioné antes,
as I mentioned earlier,
en la profesión médica.
in the medical establishment.
and widening health disparities,
of proper care management.
a adecuados cuidados médicos.
is that this simple picture
being wirelessly transmitted to the cloud,
sus datos de forma inalámbrica a la nube,
si es necesario;
trusted parties serve as intermediaries
intermediarios de confianza
and her health care providers.
to partner with churches
a asociarnos con iglesias
that are church members,
sean miembros de la iglesia,
de confianza,
to people like Jane.
asesores de salud para gente como Jane.
to pay one dollar now
pagar un dólar ahora
llevar encima, y un asesor de salud,
cuidados intensivos neonatales,
intensive care unit --
parts of a hospital.
de aprendizaje para nosotros.
learning process for us.
avanzar y atacar un problema
through and attacking one problem
innovate with this technology
con esta tecnología,
who perhaps need it the most.
ser usada por quien más lo necesita.
we've taken from this process
que aprendimos en el proceso
and advances at an accelerating rate,
progresa exponencialmente
are using this technology,
seres humanos que usan dicha tecnología,
they have a face,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Todd Coleman - Bioelectronics innovatorUCSD bioengineering professor Todd Coleman integratively spans the disciplines of medical electronics, machine learning and public health.
Why you should listen
Todd Coleman's research develops multi-functional, flexible bioelectronics and novel analytics methods to benefit patients and clinical decision-makers.
After a PhD in electrical engineering at MIT, Coleman did a neurosciences post-doc and became an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering and neuroscience at University of Illinois before joining the faculty of UCSD. An avid public health advocate, Coleman understands the value of collaborating with community health programs to truly implement and deliver sustainable innovations to those who need it most.
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