Further development and validation of the VO2 Master wearable respiratory monitor

到2015年3月底，VO2 Master Health Sensors Inc.(前身为Kal Kinesio)之间的接洽项目 Tek Inc.)而UBC的周肯尼斯博士将成功地得出结论。在此项目的持续时间内， 由企业家、学者和学生组成的团队创建了可穿戴、固态、 低功耗VO2监视器，已被称为VO2 Master。激进的设计优化导致减少了 制造成本降低了5倍，尺寸缩小了4倍，功耗降低了1/4 因数为50。现在准备利用这些创新并开发一个Beta原型，为 生产和商业化。 VO2 Master Health Sensors Inc.和Kenneth Chau博士希望在该项目下继续合作 通过Engage进一步开发和验证VO2 Master可穿戴呼吸监护仪 Plus计划。该项目将有助于研究和开发，这将是至关重要的商业 VO2大师的成功。该项目的目标如下： 1)开发迭代过程，以创建和改进VO2 Master的Beta原型，该原型能够 高精度的氧气、流量和压力测量。 2)验证VO2 Master的测量在各种环境下的重复性 条件。 3)通过改进软件、与其他公司的无线通信 可穿戴传感器，以及用于用户与设备交互的智能功能。 这笔资金将主要用于雇用4名学生(2名硕士和2名学士)，以实施大部分 建议的工作。一小部分资金也将用于使用该品牌的原型制造 UBC Okanagan的新明星设施。

By the end of March 2015, the Engage project between VO2 Master Health Sensors Inc. (formerly Kal Kinesio Tek Inc.) and Dr. Kenneth Chau at UBC will have successfully concluded. Over the duration of this project, a team of entrepreneurs, academics, and students created an early alpha prototype of a wearable, solid-state, low-power VO2 monitor that has been called the VO2 Master. Drastic design optimization has lead to reduced cost of manufacturing by a factor of 5, reduced size by a factor of 4, and reduced power consumption by a factor of 50. The stage is now set to exploit these innovations and develop a Beta prototype ready for production and commercialization. VO2 Master Health Sensors Inc. and Dr. Kenneth Chau wish to continue their collaboration under the project "Further Development and Validation of the VO2 Master Wearable Respiratory Monitor" through the Engage Plus program. This project will contribute research and development that will be vital for the commercial success of the VO2 Master. The goals of this project are the following: 1) To develop an iterative process for creating and refining a Beta prototype of the VO2 Master that is capable of high-accuracy measurement of oxygen, flow rate, and pressure. 2) To validate the repeatability of the measurements from the VO2 Master under a wide range of environmental conditions. 3) To improve the user experience through improvements in software, wireless communication with other wearable sensors, and smart features for user interaction with the device. The funding will be predominantly used to hire 4 students (2 MASc and 2 BASc) to carry out the bulk of the proposed work. A smaller portion of the funding will also be used for prototype manufacturing using the brand new STAR facilities at UBC Okanagan.