ZyXEL presents Smart Home Gateway for health monitoring applications

ZyXEL Communications Inc. has announced the Smart Home Gateway (SHG) equipment which is a craggy, pocket sized, battery power-driven wireless router. We see many people suffering from much severe medical infirmity, to live on their own without any regular medical supervision. This new technology has been designed to keep doctors up to date on the condition of patients with grave health issues. The SHG has been favored as a 2010 CES Innovations Honoree for Health and Wellness category.

Gateway gets connected via one of its two USB ports to IEEE11073 USB, Bluetooth and Zigbee-complaint medical sensors to send a real-time statistics from health monitoring devices such as blood-sugar or heart rate readings to unreachable health care providers. Health monitoring services are in three chief types’ vital sign monitoring like blood pressure etc., ailment supervision like diabetes and hypertension and aging autonomously that comprises bed pressure and other emergency sensors.

Additionally to gateway’s ultimate sturdiness and form factor, the SHG proposes dynamic, always-on Internet connectivity with hold up for both fixed (DSL/Cable) and mobile broadband (3G/4G), together with fail-over shield and battery for back-up in case of power breakdown. Furthermore, the SHG has two USB and Ethernet ports each and is 11n-compatible for 802.11n Wi-Fi data rates up to 150 Mbps. It also supports an incorporated battery excellent for 2 hours and features WPA/WPA2 wireless security settings.

For more information about the SHG please call 1.800.255.4101.

[via itbusinessnet]

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