Philips Healthcare is turning its attention to military technology, as the Andover, Massachusetts-based company announced this morning that it would be entering into a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with the US Air Force Research Laboratory for its Battlefield Airmen Trauma Distributed Observation Kit (BATDOK) system, for an undisclosed sum.
The technology employs wearable sensors that can remotely monitor a patients vital signs. The system was developed to be used in the field so that clinician can monitor multiple wounded military personnel at the same time through a smartphone or tablet.
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