I-Corps: A Cloud-based Wearable ECG Sensor on a Finger Ring

I-Corps：指环上基于云的可穿戴心电图传感器

• 批准号: 1837892
• 负责人: Zhenyu Li
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: George Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1837892&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Cloud; based; Wearable; ECG

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to enable personalized monitoring of sudden cardiac events and heart arrhythmia by combining a wearable device and cloud computing. The project will utilize a patented cloud-connected ring sensor for long-term on-demand Electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring. Current ECG monitoring is a $4 billion dollar market. However no existing product can provide on-demand multi-lead ECG signals over long periods (over one month). Every year over 380,000 Americans die from heart attacks, of which one third happen outside a hospital, motivating a solution to a personalized cardiac monitoring device which can provide actionable diagnosis on-demand and is connected with physicians for quick intervention. This project will potentially enable a first-in-kind ring ECG sensor to serve this unmet need. This I-Corps project will support extensive customer discovery with cardiac patients, healthcare workers, cardiologists, nurses, and telemedicine companies. In addition, through the NSF I-Corps Team program, two engineering doctoral students will learn important entrepreneurial skills such as the lean start-up model, go through an intensive and rigorous customer discovery process, and network with potential investors and partners.This I-Corps project integrates wearable devices with cloud computing to enable personalized cardiac monitoring on-demand. The intellectual merit of the project stems from the innovation of flexible electronics based miniature ECG sensors and cloud-based informatics system. By integrating wearable ECG sensors and cloud computing, on-demand cardiac monitoring information can be shared with cardiologists and emergency physicians. A smartphone can be used to receive physician-suggested actions for early intervention. During this I-Corps project, the team will explore the market potential for cloud-based wearable biosensors at point-of-care settings for cardiac applications where long term on-demand monitoring is important. The project will involve an extensive customer discovery process with potential stakeholders, business model generation and potential partner identification. More broadly, this platform technology is also applicable to other wearable devices and chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, depression and dementia.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是通过结合可穿戴设备和云计算来对突然心脏事件和心律失常的个性化监测。该项目将利用获得专利的云连接环传感器进行长期按需心电图（ECG）监测。当前的心电图监控是一个40亿美元的市场。但是，没有现有产品可以在长时间（一个月内）提供按需的多铅心电图信号。每年有超过38万名美国人死于心脏病发作，其中三分之一发生在医院外，激发了对个性化心脏监测装置的解决方案，该设备可以提供可行的诊断，并与医生有关，以进行快速干预。该项目有可能使第一局环ECG传感器能够满足这种未满足的需求。这个I-Corps项目将支持心脏病患者，医护人员，心脏病学家，护士和远程医疗公司的广泛客户发现。 此外，通过NSF I-Corps团队计划，两名工程博士生将学习重要的企业家技能，例如精益启动模型，通过密集，严格的客户发现过程，并与潜在的投资者和合作伙伴进行网络。这项I-Corps项目将可穿戴设备集成了可穿戴设备与云计算以启用个性化的心脏监控，以启用个性化的心脏监控。该项目的智力优点源于灵活电子基于柔性的微型ECG传感器和基于云的信息学系统的创新。通过集成可穿戴的心电图​​传感器和云计算，可以与心脏病专家和急诊医生共享按需心脏监测信息。智能手机可用于接收医师的动作进行早期干预。在此I-Corps项目中，该团队将在护理点环境中探索基于云的可穿戴生物传感器的市场潜力，以供长期按需监控的长期监控。该项目将涉及广泛的客户发现流程，其中潜在的利益相关者，业务模型产生和潜在的合作伙伴身份。 更广泛地说，该平台技术也适用于其他可穿戴设备和慢性疾病，例如高血压，抑郁和痴呆症。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准通过评估来支持的。