What is Patient Monitoring?
Patient monitoring is the systematic assessment of vital signs and physiological parameters to evaluate a patient's health. It involves continuous or periodic measurements of factors like heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature, aiding in the early detection of anomalies.
Advanced systems offer real-time data and alarms to alert healthcare providers to critical changes. Remote monitoring and telemedicine have expanded its reach, enabling patients to be monitored at home. Data recording and analysis help healthcare professionals make informed decisions and conduct research. Overall, patient monitoring enhances patient outcomes, healthcare efficiency, and cost savings by enabling early issue detection, tailored care, and leveraging technological advancements in healthcare.
What Devices are used for Patient Monitoring?
Patient monitoring devices are medical instruments and equipment used to measure, record, and display various physiological parameters and vital signs of patients.
- Blood Pressure Monitors
- Pulse Oximeters
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) Monitors
- Temperature Monitors
- Respiratory Monitors
- Cardiac Monitoring Devices
- Glucose Monitors
- Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitors
- Sleep Monitors
- Remote Monitoring Devices
and more.
Patient Electrode Cable Assembly
These devices play a vital role in tracking and assessing patients' health and medical conditions, enabling healthcare professionals to make informed decisions and provide appropriate care.
Insights into the Global Patient Monitoring Device Market
According to Grand View Research, the global patient monitoring devices market size was valued at USD 51.1 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at an annual rate (CAGR) of 7.7% from 2023 to 2030. This is driven by the demand for monitoring devices due to shifting patient treatment from hospital care to homecare setting, especially for the treatment of chronic diseases which make treatments less expensive, more convenient and effective.
Key trends that support this development are:
- Digitalization of medical care
- Growing Adoption of Remote Patient Monitoring
- Increasing Prevalence of Chronic Conditions
- Growing demand for personalized proactive healthcare
- Technological advancements in Patient Monitoring Devices
Innovative Solutions for Advanced Patient Monitoring
Cable Assembly
AMETEK Engineered Medical Components (EMC) is heavily invested in cable assembly work for the patient monitoring device market. Cable assembly normally consists of multiple wires and connectors that are assembled into a single cable. The cable must give end-to-end connectivity while being flexible and durable enough to withstand daily usage.
Cable assembly connects the sensors and electrodes to the monitoring device itself like a LED screen that monitors the vital signs of a patient in a hospital room.
AMETEK EMC’s brand TSE specializes in the design and manufacturing of custom cable assemblies for specific devices and applications with focus on the quality of the wire, durability, precision, and noise reduction.
TSE manufactures
cable assembly, sensors, catheters and electrodes for multiple patient monitoring devices:
Cardiac monitoring devices such as ECG devices, implantable loop recorders, event monitors, mobile cardiac telemetry monitors, and smart/wearable ECG monitors.
Blood Pressure Monitoring and Hemodynamic Pressure Monitoring Devices such as Arterial and Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring, Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring or wearable or digital blood pressure monitors.
Neuromonitoring devices such as Electroencephalography (EEG) Machines, Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasound, Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitors, Cerebral Oximetry Monitors.
Temperature monitoring devices such as thermal scanners, implantable temperature sensors, smart, infrared or temporary artery thermometers.
Cable assembly is a critical component of patient monitoring devices and plays a key role in ensuring accurate and reliable measurement of a patient's vital signs and health metrics. TSE’s assemblies are designed to provide high-quality signal transmission, while being durable and flexible enough to withstand the demands of daily use.
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Ceramic substrates
For many years, AMETEK EMC’s expert brand for laser processing
Laserage has been involved in
ceramic substrate manufacturing. In patient monitoring devices, ceramic substrate circuits are used to provide a compact and reliable platform for the micro-hybrid circuit components that are used to measure and transmit patient vital signs and health metrics. By providing a stable and thermally conductive substrate, ceramic substrate circuits can help ensure accurate and reliable signal transmission, even in challenging operating environments. At the Laserage facility ceramic substrate circuits are manufactured to meet the custom needs of medical device OEMs. Circuits are available in a range of sizes, shapes, and materials. Solutions are customized to meet the electrical, thermal, and mechanical requirements of the medical device.
Interconnects
AMETEK EMC’s connectors brand TSE has also successfully designed, developed, and manufactured a range of interconnect solutions, including custom cable assemblies, connectors, and over-molded assemblies for the patient monitoring market, such as:
- Blood pressure tubes
- ECG leads and lead wire sets
- Invasive Blood Pressure Cables
- Pulse Oximeter Cable
- Cardiac output cables
- Temperature cable
- Continuous Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring cables
O2 & Heart Rate Monitoring
AMETEK EMC stands for high-quality, reliable products for the medical device industry. All solutions can be customized to meet the specific customer requirements. With a collaborative approach, AMETEK EMC’s teams work closely with clients in designing, developing, and experimenting with the prototypes and then manufacturing high-value solutions that are validated for continuous volume production.