LMD: Smartphone-Integrated, Medically-Accurate Blood Pressure Monitoring Technology for the Many, Not the Few
June 19 2017 - 10:38AM
Business Wire
LMD CEO Mark-Eric Jones to address Sensor Expo
& Conference: San Jose CA, 27-29 June
Leman Micro Devices (LMD), the developer of regulated consumer
healthcare products that is backed by major players within the
mobile device industry, will address the upcoming Sensors Expo
& Conference, McEnery Convention Centre, San Jose, California,
June 27-29, with a paper that highlights how low cost (free to the
user) sensor technology integrated into smartphones is likely to
cause exponential growth in this life-saving sector.
LMD’s CEO Mark-Eric Jones will say that presently there is a
vicious circle: few medical devices are sold because they cost too
much, and that they cost too much because few are sold. The
company’s V-Sensor health sensor and app - the only
smartphone-integrated solution that measures blood pressure and
other vital signs with medical accuracy – addresses this issue as
it has been designed for low cost high volume markets from the
outset. LMD’s proprietary ASIC, custom software and production test
facility drive down the component and manufacturing costs. With a
worldwide annual market of 1.5 billion smartphones, there are
implications for the sensor industry concerning the commoditization
of what are currently deemed ‘exotic’ medical devices.
LMD’s V-Sensor is currently being readied for submission to the
FDA, and once it has been approved, smartphone makers are expected
to begin integrating it into next gen handsets from 2018. Commented
Jones: “Millions of people die needlessly every year, especially in
poorer regions, simply through lack of affordable, accurate blood
pressure measurement. The approach we have taken with the design of
the sensor means that the user incurs no price, power consumption
or size penalty. Effectively, they get a medically accurate,
easy-to-use blood pressure monitor free with their next smartphone
upgrade. For smartphone makers, they get the biggest new selling
feature since the introduction of a high resolution camera.”
The V-Sensor uses the established Riva-Rocci technique to
measure blood pressure. However, instead of using a cuff on the
arm, the user simply presses their finger against LMD’s V-Sensor
built into the smartphone. Other features give medically-accurate
readings of your body temperature as well as blood oxygen
saturation, heart rate and respiration rate. All five measurements
are performed anywhere at any time in under 60 seconds by following
simple instructions and without any extra accessories.
About Leman Micro
Devices
Founded in 2010, Leman Micro Devices (LMD) is based in Lausanne,
Switzerland, in the heart of the “Health Valley” and close to EPFL
University and major phone sensor companies. Funded by Business
Angels, Venture Capital, and two major players in the smartphone
sector, the ISO 13485 certified company’s first product is a unique
sensor and software combination that measures blood pressure and
other vital signs to medical accuracy using a smartphone. LMD’s
V-Sensor health sensor and app is expected to garner international
regulatory body approval this year.
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