The Healthcare & Wellness market is on the rise, fueled by a strong demand for new connected in-home health and patient-centered services. From automated drug delivery devices to heart rate monitors for fitness enthusiasts, remote patient monitoring systems have empowered patients, health professionals and consumers.
The global wearable medical device market is expected to reach $83.9 billion by 2026, growing at an exponential rate of 33.1% per year (2021-2026). Source: BusinessWire 2021
ヘルスケア & ウェルネス業界は、広範なコネクテッド･デバイスを提供しています。ただし、業界はそれぞれ独自のソリューションを使用する多数の小規模から中規模のメーカが存在し非常に断片化されています。
相互運用性の問題を回避し、治療の質の向上を促進するために、ISOおよびNFCフォーラム標準化団体が、ISO/IEEE11073パーソナル･ヘルス･デバイス（PHD）やパーソナル･ヘルス･デバイス通信（PHDC）など一連の標準を提供しています。NFCを利用すれば、メーカは今まで以上に効率的で一貫性のある体験を生み出すことが可能になります。
コネクテッド･デバイスに関しては、インタフェースがユーザに迅速に使いやすい操作性を提供できるかどうかが鍵となります。近距離無線通信（NFC）を使用すると、健康関連の情報やサービスに素早く簡単にアクセスする機能を実現できます。ユーザは健康デバイスやウェルネス･デバイスを新しい方法で制御し、操作できます。
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A large number of industries have already incorporated NFC in their products to facilitate interactions in our daily lives—mobile payments, access control, etc. As more and more smartphones come equipped with NFC (>70% in 2026), designers can confidently integrate NFC tags in their healthcare & wellness solutions. A simple tap is all it takes to give patients, healthcare professionals and fitness enthusiasts access to their data.
NFC is a wireless technology enabling contactless communication between a reader and a tag.
The dynamic NFC tag is a passive (and battery less) electronic component that can be embedded in many types of devices including blood glucose meters, smart skin patches, heart rate monitors, etc. It provides a bidirectional and wireless communication channel between the microcontroller in the health device and an NFC reader.
An NFC reader powers the tag via a radio frequency link and retrieves the data stored within the tag. The reader can be any NFC-enabled smartphone (fully supported by both Android and iOS) or a professional NFC reader used for maintenance purposes.
Intuitive and convenient, the NFC technology has a lot to bring to medical applications. NFC is based on a single chip that can support multiple use cases for compact and cost-effective end applications.
Here are two prime examples:
Remote biometric monitoring solutions provide valuable insights into a person's health condition. Health monitoring systems record and store patient’s vital health parameters and transfer data for analysis and/or treatment.
NFC products help simplify and elevate the overall experience between patients and medical devices. A simple tap from a smartphone is all it takes to make life easier for patients and health care providers.
Standardized by the NFC Forum, the NFC wireless charging feature can be used to power small battery-operated devices up to 1 W, such as hearing aids or smart rings.
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