Comments on: Continua picks ZigBee, Bluetooth LE for health devices, sensors

By: Health devices with Bluetooth LE set for 2010 | mobihealthnews

Health devices with Bluetooth LE set for 2010 | mobihealthnews — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:34:09 +0000

[...] Low Energy, a part of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification. Bluetooth Low Energy has already garnered the support of the Continua Health Alliance, a consortium of more than 220 companies working on interoperability for personal medical devices [...]

By: Texas Instruments demos Bluetooth low energy | mobihealthnews

Texas Instruments demos Bluetooth low energy | mobihealthnews — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:13:33 +0000

[...] The Continua Health Alliance has already tapped Bluetooth LE as one of its guidelines for personal health devices interoperability: “Bluetooth low energy technology is a power efficient, short-range wireless technology that offers connectivity between mobile devices and small, battery-powered devices such as watches, emergency pendants and health and fitness sensors. It features low power consumption, small size and low cost, providing Continua a reliable solution to enable mobile devices for a wide range of telehealth audiences. Bluetooth low energy technology extends the current Continua standard for the Bluetooth Health Device Profile, the only wireless technology specification included in Continua’s Version One Design Guidelines, announced in February 2009,” Continua wrote in its press release that announced the chosen technology this past June. [...]

By: Report: 400M wearable wireless sensors by 2014 | mobihealthnews

Report: 400M wearable wireless sensors by 2014 | mobihealthnews — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:43:18 +0000

[...] ABI noted that Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, 802.15.4 and proprietary offerings are the typical technologies wireless sensor developers consider when designing their systems, but the industry is keen on standardizing products wherever possible. As we have noted in the past, Bluetooth Low Energy and ZigBee are the two standards that Continua Health Alliance picked for its second generation guidelines. [...]

By: Wireless sensors for two faith-based nursing facilities | mobihealthnews

Wireless sensors for two faith-based nursing facilities | mobihealthnews — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:36:59 +0000

[...] company uses proprietary wireless sensors for its system, but is evaluating the ZigBee standard for future components, especially since the current system only uses sensors to track [...]

By: Interview: Bluetooth SIG’s Mike Foley on health devices | mobihealthnews

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:04:37 +0000

[...] we reported earlier this week, Continua Health Alliance selected the upcoming Bluetooth Low Energy technology for its second [...]

By: Interoperability for wireless health devices has a pulse, at least | mobihealthnews

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:53:01 +0000

[...] Continua announces Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee for Version 2 Which technology should Continua pick? Continua: TV set-top box could be home health [...]

By: WSN Observation

WSN Observation — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:47:47 +0000

See my comments to this announcement on http://bit.ly/k3bJh