The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) said Wednesday that it will unveil international standards for health care-related Internet of Things(IoT) products in May. 

The Daejeon-based research institute, known for holding the most U.S. patents among companies and research institutes around the world, said that it is developing two draft standards for IoT devices that are being developed by the Open Interconnect Consortium(OIC).

The two draft standards are related to the scope of health care resources and size of health care devices, respectively.

The ETRI said it will complete the development of the draft standards by May and then release them as an open source platform, enabling developers to download them and apply them to wearable devices or other applied products they manufacture.  

The institute expects the standards will also facilitate the development of other international standards for IoT devices and applied products regarding health care services.