Todd Coleman: A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home
Todd Coleman: A tatuaxe temporal que trae os coidados hospitalarios á casa
UCSD bioengineering professor Todd Coleman integratively spans the disciplines of medical electronics, machine learning and public health. Full bio
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for her preterm contractions.
as súas contraccións prematuras.
technicians and experts
que o persoal técnico e experto
to monitor her uterine contractions.
para monitorizar as contraccións uterinas.
is because she's worried.
é porque está preocupada.
about what happens
polo que pasará
on bed rest at the hospital.
it would be devastating.
sería devastador.
to have a premature birth
de dar a luz prematuramente
until she gives birth,
of her life paying for the bill;
and hope for the best.
e agardar que todo vaia ben.
seems appealing.
about stories like this
the benefits of high-fidelity monitoring
dunha monitorización de calidade
partners in the hospital
living their daily life?
facendo vida normal?
clever material scientists,
científicos enxeñosos
and brainstormed.
e facer chuvias de ideas.
you could wear like a piece of jewelry
como se fose unha xoia
to yourself like a Band-Aid.
and years of endeavors,
e anos de esforzo,
with this flexible electronic patch
a este parche electrónico flexible
using the same processes
from a semiconductor wafer
dunha oblea semicondutora
that can interface with the human body.
comunicarse co corpo humano.
the thickness of a human hair.
dun pelo humano.
of information that we want,
que queiramos,
transmission capabilities.
de transmisión sen fíos.
these types of systems,
este tipo de sistemas,
in our research group.
no noso grupo de investigación.
to some of our clinical partners
con algúns socios clínicos
in different clinical conditions,
e en diferentes condicións clínicas,
in labor at our university hospital
a piques de dar a luz no hospital,
contractions with the conventional belt.
as contraccións uterinas.
pertaining to the fetal heart rate,
pertencentes ao pulso fetal
to what was acquired
and our algorithms.
e os nosos algoritmos.
were beginning to come to fruition,
comezaban a concretarse
in a clinical context.
nun contexto clínico.
we manufactured these systems
of the nurses in the hospital,
do hospital,
with typical medical adhesives
"Wait a minute.
“Un momento.
them work with adhesives,
our manufacturing problem."
inside of a piece of Scotch tape
sensores nunha cinta adhesiva
allows us to, in addition,
investigación permitiunos tamén
into the flexible adhesives
adhesivos flexibles
and digitizing them,
amplificar e dixitalizar sinais,
sen fíos.
into the same medical adhesives
adhesivos médicos
as well as a usability perspective,
coma coa usabilidade,
make it used practically.
facelos sinxelos de usar.
that we can simply digitize the data,
de que podemos dixitalizar os datos,
information for interpretation.
para interpretalos.
about some of the energy challenges.
a tarifa de datos e o custo
and how much it would cost
a continuous stream of data.
continuamente.
profession is comfortable talking about.
non lle resulta doado de abordar.
does not have the most trust
have not had the best experiences
non tiveron boas experiencias
of questions of privacy.
being processed into the cloud.
government can be hacked,
pode ser hackeado
ca todos os hackers do mundo
all the hackers in the world,
them a smaller target.
un albo máis pequeno.
that do data interpretation
on those small integrated circuits
neses pequenos circuítos integrados
these things together,
we can think about the future
pensar nun futuro,
go about living her normal daily life,
poderá facer unha vida normal,
she doesn't have to get another job
some of her concerns about privacy.
das súas preocupacións pola privacidade.
of these questions about privacy
the chapter is closed now.
está case pechado.
as I mentioned earlier,
no colectivo médico.
in the medical establishment.
and widening health disparities,
en materia de saúde
of proper care management.
da atención médica.
is that this simple picture
being wirelessly transmitted to the cloud,
deixando que se transmitan á nube,
se cómpre--
trusted parties serve as intermediaries
and her health care providers.
e os profesionais da saúde.
to partner with churches
a asociarnos con igrexas
that are church members,
que sexa membro delas,
to people like Jane.
e asesores de saúde de xente coma Jane.
to pay one dollar now
e un asesor de saúde
intensive care unit --
de coidados intensivos neonatais,
parts of a hospital.
learning process for us.
atacar un problema,
through and attacking one problem
innovate with this technology
who perhaps need it the most.
quen máis a precisa
we've taken from this process
and advances at an accelerating rate,
cada vez máis rápido
are using this technology,
esta tecnoloxía son persoas,
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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