IoT devices which might help in post Covid-19 Pandemic

The whole globe is now busy fighting the menace of the Novel Coronavirus. While death tolls are mounting sending shock waves to the public healthcare officials and establishments of all types all over the world.

New and innovative means of limiting the virus in its track are widely being discussed upon across tech circles. This is how all kinds of contactless tech solutions to feel the daily needs of people are getting focus.

1.Body Temperature Sensor

Temperature sensor offers method to quickly measure body temperature. This sensor provides contactless measurements via the eyes and forehead. The sensor uses thermal analysis to produce high precision measurements.

Fevers are reported to be one of the leading symptoms of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Based on that sensor readings, any services or businesses can be configured to admit/refuse entry. This temperature sensor can monitor up to 700 people per hour.

2.IoT for Smart Patient Care Management

In the Isolation facilities , Healthcare facilities , Standalone Covid-19 hospitals, the IoT enabled monitoring systems can be used. It will be helpful by producing real-time patient tracking data to ensure faster decision making which is crucial for containing a virus outbreak of such length and gravity.

IoT can also help many patients to check their body temperatures and upload the information on the cloud supported app for the experts to carry out analysis and to take the appropriate measures as suitable. This system gather huge data in much less time and utilize the data to trace the contacts and contain the virus as soon as possible.

It can reduce the workload of the medical staff so that they can work with less stress and they can be able to concentrate better on patient care and treatment.

3. Smart Wearables

This smart-band alerts the users when their body temperature is become higher than 37.5 degrees. While reading the movement of the human body, this smart-band releases radio signals from which the distance from another bracelet can be retrieved. When two smart-bands are in proximity, they vibrate, thus emitting an alert signal that helps people respect social distancing.

4.Iot buttons

This IoT buttons sends instant alerts to the management advising .After this concerned authority or management advising do cleaning or maintenance issues that may pose risks to public safety.

The technology enables facility managers to track the alerts and staff response times as well as it monitors the regular cleaning activities in the high-traffic areas. IoT buttons are battery operated and automatically connect to the LTE-M network .This are can be used in patient rooms, nursing stations, restrooms, or common areas.

5.IoT Enabled Automatic Sanitizer Dispenser

This Sanitizer Dispenser can be used easily by everyone, starting from a kid to an elderly person. If any person comes home from outside, he has to press the sanitizer which already someone else might have touched. Thus it leads to indirect contact over there. So, this issue is minimized using this solution.

This platform is based on an ultrasonic sensor, two servo motors, a hand sanitizer bottle, and few electrical and physical connections.

When we move our hands in front of this ultrasonic sensor, then this sensor senses the movement and the distance is calculated. If the distance is less than a certain limit, it triggers the Servo Motor to spin 180 degrees. As a result, the string attached to the Motor along with the nozzle of the hand sanitizer is pulled which gives the press effect and leads to disposal of sanitizer.