SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Novel Respiration Rate Measurement Device
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2001Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- COLIN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Development of a Novel Respiration Rate
Measurement Device is proposed for use in automating the measurement of
Respiration Rate on the general floors of the hospital environment. Currently,
within this environment, the healthcare professionals obtain only manual,
visually observed respiration rate measurements during their normal patient
rounds. This manual respiration rate measurement is not accurate or repeatable
due to the inherent nature of the measurement.
Preliminary results from a similar type sensor demonstrated the potential of
the proposed system. However, the original prototype used a sensor technology
that was unsuitable for use in the hospital environment. The proposed
investigation will study a different sensor technology that appears to meet the
need. This proposal presents the development and testing of this new technology
that will be compared in a clinical study to respiration rate measurements
acquired from end-tidal C02 measurements, the hospital gold standard. During
the project the general capabilities of the technology in this application will
be evaluated. It is anticipated that the ultimate outcome of this development
will enhance the measurement of hospital patient vital signs by yielding an
accurate, easy to use, rugged means of automating respiration rate
measurements.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE
Technology keywords
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