Dongli And NTT Will Take Part In The Medical Field With The Help Of Smart Clothing.

NTT, a Japanese chemical material enterprise and Dongli telecom operator, will jointly use "

"Set foot in the medical field.

Smart clothing is made of fibers that can get live information.

Recently, a new material developed by two companies to monitor ECG and check arrhythmia for 24 hours is recognized as medical device in Japan.

The two companies will start selling special materials for hospitals in 2017.

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Dongli and NTT always use "hitoe".

Promote the joint development of new materials.

The new material uses polyester resin with osmotic polymer resin to read weak electrical signals on the body surface.

In monitoring the electrocardiogram products, 4 hitoe electrodes were made on special underwear.

By working hard on the quality and sewn of the special underwear, it will be able to continuously measure the activity of the heart muscle.

It is generally used in the medical field and must meet the national standards of Japan, and the new material is recently registered as a medical device for the "PMDA", an independent administrative legal person under the banner of Japan's Ministry of health and labor.

The agency finds that the new material has almost the same level of accuracy as the traditional electrocardiogram.

Since it is registered as a medical device, it can be applied to medical insurance in Japan to wear this kind of clothing, and patients only pay the same medical expenses as before.

It is expected to be used for monitoring ECG and checking arrhythmia for 24 hours continuously.

The electrode is disposable, but the clothes can be washed and repeatedly used.

The price will be discussed in the future, and 1 pieces are expected to vary from several thousand yen to 10 thousand yen.

Before checking arrhythmia, the electrodes connected to the device through wires must be placed on the body for a long time.

Electrode metal may cause physical allergy, causing greater burden on patients.

In terms of developing smart clothing, Dongli and NTT are ahead of other competitive companies. In 2014, Goldwin and the company launched smart clothing that measures heart rate.

In August 2016, remote information service was also provided. Users can use smart phones to control the health of workers such as factories on other occasions.

With regard to other enterprises, Tei and Kyoto University jointly developed a product that can be used to measure ECG activity when patients are being rushed to the hospital.

Gunze is also working with NEC to develop underwear that detects posture and consumes calories.