Interconnecting Heterogeneous Non-smart Medical Devices using a Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Infrastructure

摘要

Smart hospitals enhanced through the Internet and related technologies with live monitoring and interconnected devices, using wired and wireless sensors, provide better health services for patients. However, legacy (non-smart) medical devices that are not able to communicate and to be managed by a smart hospital infrastructure are still in use. Patients' data can be collected from a wide range of non-smart medical device. The paper introduces a novel concept, called WSNaaP (WSN as a platform) and a technical solution for interconnecting heterogeneous non-smart medical devices using an existing WSN infrastructure.