Wipro uses wireless to monitor patients remotely

Indian outsourcer Wipro has designed a gateway that uses GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) wireless technology to collect data remotely from medical devices such as blood pressure monitors, glucose meters, pedometers, and weighing scales available with patients.

In remote areas in India, GSM coverage is better than that of broadband or fixed-line dial-up connections, said R. Manimaran, general manager of the medical devices unit of the Wipro Technologies business of Wipro...