Electronically driven equipment which will constantly monitor the physiological status of patients and the effects of those medical interventions on the patients.

Such mechanisms should relieve hospital staff of time-consuming "human monitoring" procedures and in some cases they will enable patients to carry monitoring devices during their daily living activities.

Such instruments would make regular assessments of blood-sugar concentration in patients with diabetes mellitus (metabolic disorder affecting blood sugar levels) or process the routine checking of the blood or tissue concentrations of administered drugs.