08.03.2011

Bluegiga Releases eHealth Products for Medical, Health and Fitness Applications

First in the world Continua certified Bluetooth Gateway available now

Bluegiga Technologies, available through GLYN High-Tech Distribution, announced recently the availability of eHealth products for medical, health and fitness applications. The new Continua compatible products can be used in various health and medical applications by OEMs and system integrators. Bluegiga eHealth products offer an open standard, easy-to-use platform for building Bluetooth certified and Continua compliant wireless sensors and networking them to customer back end systems.

Continua certified Bluegiga eHealth Gateway connects Bluetooth wireless sensors to back end networks through different interfaces. The product is ideal for an OEM or integrator planning to add gateway functionality from local wireless to wired WAN or mobile networks. Bluegiga OEM modules easily integrate Bluetooth wireless technology to any sensor or device with range requirements up to 1000 meters. The OEM modules are available with Bluetooth Health Device Profile and optional IEEE agent and manager implementations.

"Using standard wireless technologies in the health and medical applications is a fast growing market. Continua Health Alliance is promoting Bluetooth-based wireless products to enable global manufacturer independent compliance between different devices" comments Mikko Savolainen, Bluegiga's Vice President of Product Management. "Bluegiga is the first in the world to offer a complete end-to-end solution that meets the compliance of Bluetooth Health Device Profile and Continua IEEE standards. Bluegiga's Continua certified eHealth Gateway for building networks and Bluetooth eHealth modules for sensor end are available now".

Bluegiga eHealth Bluetooth Modules
eHealth Bluetooth Modules are engineered to support virtually any health, medical or fitness application requirement where Bluetooth wireless technology is needed for data or audio communications.
 
Bluegiga’s OEM modules family incorporates our eHealth Bluetooth protocol stack and carefully designed hardware and antenna solution, simplifying customer integration project while providing the maximum connection distance.

Bluegiga eHealth Bluetooth Gateway
eHealth Bluetooth Gateway product family offers simple and efficient network connectivity for Bluetooth enabled medical, health and fitness devices. Built on a Linux™ operating system platform, our gateway devices offer flexible operating modes for data routing, application hosting, and protocol conversation.
 
Bluegiga eHealth gateway devices incorporate Bluegiga’s latest generation long range Bluetooth module increasing range three or four times when compared to other competing Bluetooth gateways. This makes the Bluegiga Bluetooth eHealth Gateway an ideal solution for in-home, clinic, or hospital environments.
 
For maximum flexibility and application customization, Bluegiga offers an eHealth Gateway SDK . The eHealth Gateway SDK provides example applications source code and other development tools for software developers to extend gateway functionality to fit their unique application and back end system requirements.
 
The eHealth Bluetooth Gateways are available in several product variants that combine multiple Bluetooth radios with 2G/3G, Wi-Fi and ethernet connectivity in a single, integrated platform. They are capable of supporting from 7 to 21 simultaneous Bluetooth connections making them an ideal solution for networking multiple medical or health and fitness devices to back end systems.