Bodytrak: early-detection of infectious diseases in industrial and front-line workers

Bodytrak：早期发现工业和一线工人的传染病

• 批准号: 81094
• 金额: $ 22.01万
• 依托单位: INOVA DESIGN SOLUTIONS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 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=81094
• 关键词: Bodytrak; early; detection; infectious; diseases

Heat stress is a major issue for industrial workers operating in warm climates and/or wearing protective clothing (PPE). Economic costs due to heat illness are £504 on average per worker annually. At Inova, we developed Bodytrak(r), an innovative remote monitoring system used to acquire vital signs in real-time. From a small in-ear device, core body temperature and heart rate are continuously measured and transmitted to the Bodytrak cloud platform to display vital signs/alerts on a real-time dashboard.Covid-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by WHO. The impact to industrial organisations, such as production plants, refineries, logistics and constructions firms has been a reduction in revenue due to economic slowdown, but also a reduction in productivity output due to cases of Covid-19 and the requirement for social distancing requiring fewer workers on site. Employers have to balance worker welfare with reducing economic impact and have been investing in technology which claims to provide early detection of Covid-19, e.g. thermal cameras, but MHRA reported that these products are not reliable since they measure skin temperature not CBT. Further, temperature alone is not adequate in providing a reliable assessment.This proposal seeks to expand the functionality of the Bodytrak in-ear solution to measure additional vital signs to automatically detect Covid-19 (and other infectious diseases), particularly for industrial and front-line workers who would wear the device routinely. The addressable market currently represents £8.35Bn globally (£476m UK) (2019), with growth rate 10-42%, and serviceable market £135m.

对于在温暖气候下工作和/或穿着防护服 (PPE) 的产业工人来说，热应激是一个主要问题。每名工人每年因热病造成的经济损失平均为 504 英镑。在 Inova，我们开发了 Bodytrak(r)，这是一种创新的远程监控系统，用于实时获取生命体征。通过小型入耳式设备，可以连续测量核心体温和心率，并将其传输到 Bodytrak 云平台，以在实时仪表板上显示生命体征/警报。世界卫生组织于 2020 年 3 月宣布 Covid-19 为大流行病。对生产工厂、炼油厂、物流和建筑公司等工业组织的影响是，由于经济放缓导致收入减少，而且由于 Covid-19 病例以及社交距离要求导致现场工人减少，生产力产出也减少。雇主必须在工人福利与减少经济影响之间取得平衡，并一直在投资声称可以早期检测 Covid-19 的技术，例如热像仪，但 MHRA 报告称这些产品并不可靠，因为它们测量的是皮肤温度而不是 CBT。此外，仅靠温度不足以提供可靠的评估。该提案旨在扩展 Bodytrak 入耳式解决方案的功能，以测量其他生命体征，以自动检测 Covid-19（和其他传染病），特别是对于经常佩戴该设备的工业和一线工人。目前，全球潜在市场规模为 83.5 亿英镑（英国为 4.76 亿英镑）（2019 年），增长率为 10-42%，可服务市场为 1.35 亿英镑。