Viamed

Many paediatric long term conditions such as severe asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital heart defects, obstructive sleep apnoea, bronchiolitis and neonatal lung conditions can lead to severe  morbidity  or death if oxygen saturation levels are not monitored and necessary appropriate action taken.  There is no optimised solution to monitor oxygen levels in children  and as a consequence there are high levels of referrals to secondary care and emergency admissions, which is a burden to the NHS.  The project is to develop a wearable , self-adjustable wireless probe (with appropriate paediatric software algorithms) that can be used in both children and adults.