This year at the Sensors Converge Conference and Expo, Fierce Electronics and Sensors Converge presented the 2023 Best of Sensors Awards. These awards were designed to spotlight the year's most transformative new technologies, teams, and people in the sensors industry. Submissions were judged on the uniqueness of the designs, their impact on the issues they address, and the value that they added to the market. There were 14 award recipients, one for each category of the award. This year, Analog Devices won in medtech for its Health Sensor Platform 4.0 (MAXREFDES106).
Analog Devices' Health Sensor Platform 4.0 (HSP 4.0) is a state-of-the-art chest patch reference design, an approach to take wearable health monitoring to new heights. This open-sourced platform empowers developers to access a comprehensive suite of vital sign-monitoring capabilities that provide critical insights into users' general health. Equipped with sensors and health detection algorithms, the HSP 4.0 offers an out-of-the-box functional and wearable solution that significantly reduces development time and facilitates innovation in the healthcare sector.
When Gregory Bryant, executive vice president and president of business units at Analog Devices, heard about the win, he said, "Incredibly proud of our team! Their hard work, innovative spirit, and cross-team collaboration resulted in a phenomenal healthcare platform."
The Health Sensor Platform 4.0 is a complete end-to-end healthcare solution. The HSP 4.0 collects essential body vital sign information, including SpO2, ECG, HR, HRV, RR, Body temperature, and motion, making it a powerful tool for monitoring users' well-being. Developers can harness this data to develop advanced health detection algorithms, paving the way for more personalized and effective healthcare solutions.
The integration of advanced sensors in the HSP 4.0, including the MAX86178 PPG/ECG/BioZ AFE, MAX20356 power management IC, ADXL367 3-axis accelerometer, and more, enables high-fidelity sensing of vital signs. This level of precision allows medical researchers to build insightful models around disease states while non-invasively measuring all the vital signs available on the chest. The MAX32674C algo hub with an embedded SpO2 monitoring algorithm adds another layer of sophistication to the platform, contributing to its clinical-grade accuracy.
With high-sensitivity photoplethysmography (PPG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and bioimpedance (BioZ) sensors, the HSP 4.0 measures blood oxygenation, heart rate, respiration rate, impedance cardiography, body impedance analysis, and skin/ambient temperatures. This suite of vital signs data can be effortlessly streamed via low-energy Bluetooth to a user-friendly PC graphical user interface (GUI) for demonstration, evaluation, and customized development.
Healthcare trends are steering toward point-of-use clinical-grade measurements such as SpO2, respiration, and temperature. The Health Sensor Platform 4.0 aligns perfectly with this momentum of remote patient monitoring, enabling innovative solutions that offer deeper insights into health conditions and promote overall wellness. By reducing the frequency of healthcare facility visits, the HSP 4.0 ultimately benefits both patients and healthcare providers, the company said.
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is a leading global semiconductor company that connects the physical and digital realms, driving breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. By integrating analog, digital, and software technologies, ADI develops cutting-edge solutions that fuel progress in digitized manufacturing, mobility, digital healthcare, environmental sustainability, and seamless human-world connectivity.
For a complete list of finalists in the Best of Sensors 2023 Awards, check out this article.