Sensors Summit Roundtables

TABLE 1: Bridging the Divide: Transitioning Wearable and Implantable Biosensors to Clinical Applications
Moderator: Joshua Windmiller, Ph.D., CTO & Founder, Biolinq Technologies, Inc.

Why is there a lack of clinical-grade wearable or implantable biosensor products, despite the proliferation of innovations in the biosensors domain?
What are the key challenges that need to be overcome to make biosensors viable for practical applications?
What are key drivers of adoption of biosensors in the marketplace?

TABLE 2: Health Monitoring
Moderator: Ryan Spitler, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center, Stanford University School of Medicine

Wearables/activity trackers
Passive monitoring
Strategies for better adoption
Biomarkers
Predictive Data Analytics

TABLE 3: Using Wearable Devices for Healthcare
Moderator: Mark Buccini, Director, Business Unit Strategy, Texas InstrumentsPatient willingness.

Passive and semi-active fitness trackers are common place, but what about high quality patient bio data?
There is still significant resistance by some to engage with the technology.
Battery-life issues. The majority of trackers today need to be charged. But medical grade devices must be capable of operating for weeks or months without needing a charge, especially with elderly or restricted patients.
Security and privacy. As with any medical technology, there are security and privacy concerns with data that may be transmitted wireless. How can this data be protected? Protected from hacking?

TABLE 4: Next Generation Implantables
Moderator: Bill von Novak, Principal Engineer, Qualcomm

What medical needs in the patient population today cannot be addressed without medical implants?
How does more rapid/frequent availability of patient data change the current treatment paradigm?
How will data security issues affect the acceptance of medical implants?