Innovate UK is funding a trial for a camera-based vital sign technology from startup Oxehealth.
The startup spun out the
University of Oxford's Institute of Biomedical Engineering in 2012
and the study is being conducted in collaboration with it. In the study,
Oxehealth will monitor simultaneously 5 essential patient monitoring
vital signs: heart rate, breathing rate, blood
oxygenation, blood pressure and temperature. The technology is based on
images from a video camera in the patient's room.
The resulting video is analyzed continuously via a set of algorithms
to detect significant variations in those 5 vital signs. It works at
night via invisible infra-red illumination, which allows the patient to
sleep undisturbed. Upon any significant changes,
hospital staff are alerted with an alarm.
The study will be conducted in an upper gastrointestinal ward of
patients who have had cancer surgery. It will focus on the two to five
days after surgery, when accurate monitoring is essential.
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