The history of the use of wireless devices in medicine

The article discusses the main stages of using wireless devices and wireless data transfer technologies in medicine. Purpose of the study: to analyse the implementation history, the use of wireless computerised devices for medical dia- gnosis and monitoring of the human body. Research methods: descriptive, methodology for systematisation and classification of historical data on the introduction of wireless computerised devices in medicine. Scientific novelty lies in systematising the connection between the development of wireless computerised devices and the use of new medical diagnostic and monitoring devices in medicine. The following trends can be distinguished in the history and devel- opment of wireless technologies in medicine. The first is that dev- ices that have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi transmitters in medicine are used to share medical information: mobile accessibility to the patient's catalog, ability to transmit medical test results, output diagnostics directly to personal devices (smartphones , tablets, etc.). These devices help improve patient care. However, the considerable power of radio emission and power consumption imposes certain restrictions on the long-term use of these devices. The second trend is represented by a group of devices with data modules according to IEEEE 802.15.6 and IEEE 802.15.4, which by their energy parameters of radiation and energy consumption make it possible to create wireless monitoring, diagnostic equip- ment with long-term autonomous power supply, whose radius is connected with a central device, and allows the patient to move freely within the room, apartment, hospital ward. Conclusions: the use of wireless devices in medicine simplifies the process of diagn- diagnosing patients, creates more comfortable conditions for mo- monitoring the state of the patient’s body and accelerates the pr- processing of data on the state of the human body.