Hands free and fully PPE compatible communicator for clinicians in infection control settings

免提且完全兼容个人防护装备的通讯器，供临床医生在感染控制环境中使用

• 批准号: 69459
• 金额: $ 9.55万
• 依托单位: NOTO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=69459
• 关键词: Hands; free; fully; PPE; compatible

Mobilus is an early stage, investor backed, past Innovate UK grant recipient. Due to Covid-19 investor confidence has dissolved. This grant enables the business to be resilient and respond to this pressing opportunity.Mobilus is an innovative company that has developed a hand and ear free “intelligent walkie talkie” that is intended for use by staff in restrictive environments (construction & heavy industry setting). The vital innovation in this approach is to avoid the need to access the ear and mouth by using bone conduction technology to capture and record audio signals. In practice the Mobilus device is based on sensors that are in contact with the skull just behind the ear. The major benefit of this approach is that users can have a normal conversation, with a remote person, while wearing personal protective equipment such as ear defenders and face masks.Mobilus has also developed novel software to support team communication, the Mobilus platform enables the teams to have a voice based “whatsapp” style feature. i.e. users can be included in pre configured “voice teams” such that a person's voice is broadcast to different teams to reflect working structure. E.g. Team A: immediate colleagues, Team B: crane operator etc... Mobilus has been contacted by doctors that face significant communication challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Strict infection control procedures (restricted room access, constant use of PPE) has a serious negative impact on team communication. They have asked Mobilus to develop a communications product for the clinic. The current Mobilus product has been developed to clip onto industrial hard hats and industrial users. Mobilus is seeking to conduct an urgent programme of R&D (i.e. this project) to develop and new clinical PPE compatible communicator that is compatible with:? Common clinically used visors, masks and respirators? Clinical user needs, i.e. the software is suitable for use by doctors and has an interface and features that are suited to the hospital environment.The scope of the project will also include extensive beta testing of prototypes in clincal environments as well as design for manufacture (DFM) to expedite the route to market.

Mobilus 处于早期阶段，受到投资者支持，曾获得英国创新基金资助。由于 Covid-19，投资者的信心已经消失。这笔赠款使企业能够保持弹性并应对这一紧迫的机遇。美孚鲁斯是一家创新公司，开发了一款免提和免耳的“智能对讲机”，供工作人员在限制性环境（建筑和重工业环境）中使用。这种方法的重要创新是通过使用骨传导技术来捕获和记录音频信号，从而避免接触耳朵和嘴巴。实际上，莫比鲁斯设备基于与耳后头骨接触的传感器。这种方法的主要好处是，用户可以在佩戴护耳器和面罩等个人防护设备的情况下与远程人员进行正常对话。Mobilus 还开发了新颖的软件来支持团队沟通，Mobilus 平台使团队能够拥有基于语音的“whatsapp”风格功能。即，用户可以包含在预先配置的“语音团队”中，以便将一个人的声音广播到不同的团队以反映工作结构。例如。 A 组：直接同事，B 组：起重机操作员等...因 Covid-19 大流行而面临重大沟通挑战的医生已联系 Mobilus。严格的感染控制程序（限制进入房间、持续使用个人防护装备）对团队沟通产生严重的负面影响。他们已要求 Mobilus 为诊所开发一款通信产品。目前的美比鲁斯产品专为夹在工业安全帽和工业用户上而开发。美孚力士正在寻求开展一项紧急研发计划（即本项目），以开发新的临床 PPE 兼容通讯器，该通讯器与以下设备兼容：？临床上常用的面罩、面罩和呼吸器？临床用户需求，即该软件适合医生使用，并具有适合医院环境的界面和功能。该项目的范围还将包括在临床环境中对原型进行广泛的 Beta 测试以及可制造设计 (DFM)，以加快产品上市进程。