Array ( [0] => '''Biotelemetry''' (or '''medical telemetry''') involves the application of [[telemetry]] in [[biology]], [[medicine]], and other [[health care]] to remotely [[monitoring (medicine)|monitor]] various [[vital signs]] of ambulatory patients.{{cite web|last=Singh|first=K|title=Biotelemetry: Could technological developments assist healthcare in rural India|url=http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_234.pdf}} [1] => [2] => ==Application== [3] => The most common usage for biotelemetry is in dedicated cardiac care [[Wireless Medical Telemetry Service|telemetry units]] or step-down units in hospitals.{{cite journal |last1=Kiourti |first1=Asimina |last2=Nikita |first2=Konstantina |title=A review of in-body biotelemetry devices: Implantables, ingestibles, and injectables |journal=IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering |date=2017 |volume=64 |issue=7 |pages=1422–1430 |doi=10.1109/TBME.2017.2668612|pmid=28212074 |s2cid=34814036 }} Although virtually any physiological signal could be transmitted, application is typically limited to cardiac monitoring and [[Oxygen saturation|SpO2]]. [4] => [5] => Biotelemetry is increasingly being used to understand animals and wildlife by remotely measuring physiology, behaviour and energetic status.{{Cite journal|last1=Cooke|first1=Steven J.|last2=Hinch|first2=Scott G.|last3=Wikelski|first3=Martin|last4=Andrews|first4=Russel D.|last5=Kuchel|first5=Louise J.|last6=Wolcott|first6=Thomas G.|last7=Butler|first7=Patrick J.|date=2004-06-01|title=Biotelemetry: a mechanistic approach to ecology|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|volume=19|issue=6|pages=334–343|doi=10.1016/j.tree.2004.04.003|pmid=16701280|s2cid=17085487 |issn=0169-5347}} It can be used to understand the way that animals migrate, and also the environment that they are experiencing by measuring the abiotic variables, and how it is affecting their physiological status by measuring biotic variables such as heart rate and temperature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-use-of-biotelemetry-in-the-study-96639422/|title=The Use of Biotelemetry in the Study of Animal Migration {{!}} Learn Science at Scitable|website=www.nature.com|access-date=2019-11-12}} Telemetry systems can either be attached externally to animals, or placed internally, with the types of transmission for the devices dependent on the environment that the animal moves in. For example, to study the movement of swimming animals signals using radio transmission or ultrasonic transmission are often used but land based or flying animals can be tracked with [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] and [[Communications satellite|satellite transmissions]]. [6] => [7] => ==Components of a biotelemetry system== [8] => A typical biotelemetry system comprises: [9] => * Sensors appropriate for the particular signals to be monitored [10] => * Battery-powered, Patient worn transmitters [11] => * A Radio Antenna and Receiver{{cite journal |last1=Kiourti |first1=Asimina |last2=Nikita |first2=Konstantina |title=A Review of Implantable Patch Antennas for Biomedical Telemetry: Challenges and Solutions |journal=IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine |date=2012 |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=210–228 |doi=10.1109/MAP.2012.6293992|s2cid=20515196 }} [12] => * A display unit capable of concurrently presenting information from multiple patients [13] => [14] => ==History == [15] => Some of the first uses of biotelemetry systems date to the early [[space race]], where physiological signals obtained from animals or human passengers were transmitted back to Earth for analysis (the name of the medical device manufacturer [[Spacelabs Healthcare]] is a reflection of their start in 1958 developing biotelemetry systems for the early U.S. space program). [16] => [17] => Animal biotelemetry has been used since at least the 1980s.{{Cite book|last=Wolcott|first=T.G.|title=A Handbook on Biotelemetry and Radio Tracking |chapter=Optical and Radio Optical Techniques for Tracking Nocturnal Animals |date=1980|editor1= C.J. Amlaner | editor2= D.W. MacDonald | place=Oxford | publisher= Pergamon |pages=279–286 or 333–338|doi=10.1016/B978-0-08-024928-5.50044-0|isbn=9780080249285}} Animal biotelemetry has now advanced to not only understand the physiology and movement of free ranging animals, but also how different animals interact, for example, between predators and prey.{{Cite journal|last1=Halfyard|first1=Edmund A.|last2=Webber|first2=D.|last3=Papa|first3=J. Del|last4=Leadley|first4=T.|last5=Kessel|first5=S. T.|last6=Colborne|first6=S. F.|last7=Fisk|first7=A. T.|date=2017|title=Evaluation of an acoustic telemetry transmitter designed to identify predation events|journal=Methods in Ecology and Evolution|language=en|volume=8|issue=9|pages=1063–1071|doi=10.1111/2041-210X.12726|issn=2041-210X|doi-access=free}} [18] => [19] => ==Current trends== [20] => {{unreferenced section|date=July 2020}} [21] => Because of the crowding of the [[radio spectrum]] due to the recent introduction of [[digital television]] in the United States and many other countries, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) as well as similar agencies elsewhere have recently{{when|date=July 2020}} begun to allocate dedicated frequency bands for exclusive biotelemetry usage, for example, the [[Wireless Medical Telemetry Service]] (WMTS). The [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] has designated the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the [[American Hospital Association]] (ASHE/AHA) as the frequency coordinator for the WMTS. [22] => [23] => In addition, there are many products that utilize commonly available standard [[radio]] devices such as [[Bluetooth]] and IEEE [[802.11]]. [24] => [25] => == See also == [26] => * [[Battlefield medicine]] [27] => * [[Heart rate monitor]] [28] => * [[Remote physiological monitoring]] [29] => * [[Remote patient monitoring]] [30] => [31] => == References == [32] => {{reflist}} [33] => [34] => ==External links== [35] => * [http://www.biotelemetry.org/ International Society on Biotelemetry] [36] => * [https://www.fcc.gov/faq/sharing-analog-and-digital-television-spectrum-medical-telemetry-devices] [37] => [38] => {{Authority control}} [39] => [40] => [[Category:Biomedical engineering]] [41] => [[Category:Medical monitoring]] [42] => [[Category:Telehealth]] [] => )
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