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[www.keralites.net] World's First Medical Smartphone

The smartphone has built-in sensors for monitoring heart rate, pulmonary function, blood sugar levels, body temperature and more.

4 Medical monitor developer LifeWatch AG (SWX:LIFE) has launched the world's first medical smartphone, for Android-powered devices. The smartphone has built-in sensors for monitoring heart rate, pulmonary function, blood sugar levels, body temperature and galvanic skin response (which measures psychological pressure), and other physiological variables. The system can also measure blood pressure with an attached sleeve, and can analyze blood samples.

LifeWatch has developed a range of wireless monitoring devices for emergency rooms and medical services, as well as for personal use, but this is the first time that it has combined these capabilities on a smartphone. Chinese branded mobile phone manufacturer TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. (Nasdaq: CNTF) will manufacture the platform for LifeWatch.

LifeWatch develops the medical applications hardware and software that connects the hardware with the smartphone's systems. A German company is responsible for the design. LifeWatch invested several million dollars in the product.

The mobile-health interface is a hot development field in the world. There are various devices, not mobile phones, which collate and transmit medical data, and present them to users, and there are medical mobile apps for managing fitness, medication regimes, and even skin cancer diagnosis by photo analysis. There are also companies developing proprietary sensors for measuring a single medical variable, such as blood glucose levels or heartbeat, for integration with smartphones.

"Globes": Who is the medical smartphone intended for?

LifeWatch chairman and CEO Dr. Yacov Geva: "It is first of all intended for health-conscious consumers who have already recovered from, or are suffering from a chronic medical condition. At an advanced age, we're all suddenly liable to feel poorly in the middle of the day. With this phone, all the basic measurements are available to us. For patients, it enables effective management of their illness."

The device is not designed to diagnose heart attacks, but can monitor irregular heartbeat.

Is the device open to other medical devices and medical apps?

LifeWatch Technologies CEO Yair Tal: "That's the device's secret. Everything is inside, including medical apps, such as nutrition management, pedometer, and medication reminder. These already exist on the device and interface with data collected by us. Any app can be downloaded to the device, but there is no flow of data collected by the device to other apps. At the moment, there isn't an interface with other devices - there's no need for it."

To whom is the data produced by the smartphone sent?

Geva: "Where we operate emergency call centers, the data can be sent there. We currently have three call centers in the US, and we will establish a service in Israel to provide response to users of this product. That's part of our uniqueness as a company, which enables us to market this device. It is also possible to send the data to the patient's doctor and to an insurance company, but the data is primarily intended for the customers who are our target audience."

What regulations does this device require?

"The approval of health authorities is required as for any medical diagnostic device. We believe that we will obtain EU CE Mark certification by the end of this year and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval the following year. It is already possible to market the device in Israel."

Aren't you worried about the rapid change in mobile phones?

"Progress in the mobile field is rapid, which is why we're readying to launch a device with new sensors and innovative capabilities in six to nine months. "

To get people to buy this device, you'll have to cause them to forego a device that is considered fun, such as the iPhone, for a device that marks them as sick. What target audience is so health conscious that it will do that?

"The product is a full telephone, which is intended for an audience that puts its health first. It is also possible to download apps onto it. We're in talks with mobile carriers in Israel and other countries to market the device through them.

LifeWatch's share price fell 2.2% in morning trading in Zurich today to CHF 7.51, giving a market cap of CHF 100 million.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com
Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2012
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000762655&fid=1724

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ISLAMIC MANNERS-4

Entering/ Leaving a House

2.6 KNOCKING AND RINGING
Knock at the door, or ring the door's bell in a pleasant way and not louder than is necessary to make your presence known. Do not knock loudly and violently or ring the bell continuously. Remember that you are a visitor and not a thug or an oppressor who is raiding the house and frightening its occupants. A woman came to Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal seeking his opinion on a religious matter. She banged at his door loudly. He came out saying, 'This is the banging of policemen.' Al-Bukhari reported in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad that the companions of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to knock on the door of the Prophet with the tips of their nails.

This nimble and gentle knocking, or ringing, is appropriate for those whose living quarters are close to the door. For those living farther from the door, it is appropriate to knock on their door, or ring the bell loud enough to enable them to hear it, without banging. In this regard the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, 'Gentleness adorns every act, its absence will tarnish it.' In addition, Muslimreported that the Prophet also said, 'Whoever lacks kindness, lacks all good things.'

Leave an adequate time between two knocks, or rings. This will enable those performing ablution, praying, or eating, to finish without rushing. Some scholars estimate this interval to be that of the praying time of four rak'as. Keep in mind that a person may have just started the prayers just before you rang the door bell.

After three spaced knocks, or intermittent rings, you may feel that the person you came to see is busy, otherwise, he or she would have answered you. If this is the case, leave. Al-Bukhari and Muslim reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: 'If you asked permission three times, and were not granted permission, then you must leave.'

While waiting for permission, do not stand in front of the door. Instead, stand to the right or to the left. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), upon coming to someone's door, avoided facing the door directly. Instead, he would stand to the right or to the left of the door.

2.7 ANSWERING 'WHO IS IT'
If you knock on the door you may be asked, 'Who is it?' Identify yourself , using your most common name but do not respond with, 'It is me,' 'Somebody,' or, 'Guess who?' These words are useless in identifying who is at the door. You should not assume that your voice is known to the person or persons who live there, because your voice may resemble another person's voice. Don't forget that people differ in their ability to distinguish voices.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) discouraged people from saying 'it's me' because it does not reveal your name. Bukhari and Muslim reported that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: 'I came to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and knocked on his door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I answered, 'It is me,' and the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) disapprovingly said, ' Me is me, me is me!' ' For this reason, the companions used to mention their names whenever they were asked, 'Who is it?'

Bukhari and Muslim reported that Abu Zar said: 'While walking out one night I saw the Messenger of Allah walking by himself. I opted to walk in the shade of the moon, but he turned around and saw me and said, 'Who is there?' I replied, 'It's Abu Zar.' ' Bukhari and Muslim also reported that Umm Hani, a cousin of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), and the sister of 'Ali bin Abi Talib, said: 'I came to see the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He was taking a bath and his daughter Fatima was sheltering him, and he asked 'who is this?' I replied, 'I am Umm Hani.' '

from the book ISLAMIC MANNERS
By Shaykh Abdul-Fattaah Abu Ghuddah (RA)

Engr.Sulthan

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