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

热应激是在温暖气候中操作和/或穿着防护服（PPE）的工业工人的主要问题。每年因中暑造成的经济损失平均为每位工人504英镑。在Inova，我们开发了Bodytrak（r），这是一种用于实时获取生命体征的创新远程监控系统。通过一个小型入耳式设备，核心体温和心率被持续测量并传输到Bodytrak云平台，以在实时仪表板上显示生命体征/警报。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，但由于新型冠状病毒疫情以及社交距离要求减少现场工人，生产力产出也有所下降。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发现新冠肺炎的技术，例如热感摄像机，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，仅凭温度还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，以测量额外的生命体征，从而自动检测新冠肺炎（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作人员。可寻址市场目前在全球范围内占83.5亿英镑（英国4.76亿英镑）（2019年），增长率为10- 42%，可服务市场为1.35亿英镑。

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.