Market Assessment for wearable sensing technology platform

可穿戴传感是医疗保健的未来。Apple Watch、Fitbit和Android等设备 智能手表可以是客观传感器数据的丰富来源，可用于持续监测人们的 并预测他们的健康变化，最终将医疗保健从一个反应系统转变为一个 主动一这一变化的基本组成部分是能够从这些传感器收集数据， 并从中提取有意义的见解。在我们的研究中，专注于使用可穿戴传感器， 监测患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病的人，我们开发了一个软件平台， 监测和分析来自可穿戴设备的传感器数据，以及用于 从所收集的传感器数据中提取信号。在当前的COVID-19大流行期间，我们已申请 我们同样的技术，以帮助满足新冠肺炎阳性患者在家中康复的需要，以及 医生为他们提供远程护理。 我们相信，两个关键市场对我们的平台和模型有强烈的需求-制药和 健康护理我们的技术可以用于药物临床试验，作为一个客观和持续的 用于比较新药疗效的参与者指标。在医疗保健系统中，我们 技术可以实现更好的远程患者监测和自我管理， 改善护理并降低成本。我们热衷于评估如何将我们的研究工作转化为 这些市场的产品。本NSERC I2 I市场评估提案将回答几个关键问题 这两个市场的潜在客户。我们感兴趣的是了解他们如何感知， 重视我们开发的技术，以及他们如何看待该技术与其当前流程的配合。这 将帮助我们做出更明智的决定，首先瞄准哪个市场，以及如何最好地定制我们目前的 以更好地适应市场。 其他语言版本的摘要（可选

Wearable sensing is the future of healthcare. Devices such as the Apple watch, Fitbit and Android smartwatches can be a rich source of objective sensor data that can be used to continuously monitor people's wellbeing and predict changes in their health, ultimately transforming healthcare from a reactive system to a proactive one. The fundamental component of this change is the ability to collect sensor data from these devices and extract meaningful insights from them. In our research, focused on using wearable sensing to monitor people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, we developed a software platform for collecting, monitoring and analyzing sensor data from wearable devices as well as novel and proprietary models for extracting signals from the collected sensor data. During this current COVID-19 pandemic, we have applied our same technology to help meet the needs of COVID positive patients recovering at home as well as the physicians providing remote care for them. We believe that there is a strong demand for our platform and models in two key markets - pharmaceutical and healthcare. Our technology could be used in pharmaceutical clinical trials as an objective and continuous measure of participants against which the efficacy of new drugs is compared. In healthcare systems, our technology could enable better remote patient monitoring and self-management, potentially leading to improved care and reduced costs. We are keen to assess how the work done in our research can transfer into a product for these markets. This NSERC I2I Market Assessment proposal will provide answers to several key questions about potential clients in these two markets. We are interested in knowing how they perceive and value the technology we have developed and how they can see it working with their current processes. This will help us make a more informed decision on which market to target first and how to best tailor our current solution to better fit that market. Other Language Version of Summary (optional