Inova Design Solutions Ltd

Heat stress (HS) is a major issue for industrial workers operating in warm climates and/or wearing protective clothing. Associated costs are £504 per worker annually, with hospitalisation costs £40,000+ and fatal incidents £350,000 (US). Evidence suggests incidents are vastly under-reported with <85% of some workforces exhibiting symptoms of HS, resulting...

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 tempe...

The mortality rate of outdoor workers attributed to heat illness, was found to be almost 20 times that of indoor workers, in spite of health and safety regulations and the advances made in the development of heat stress/strain models since World War 2. Clearly, more can be done. At Inova we have developed Bodytrak®, a precision in ear monitoring system us...

At Inova we have developed Bodytrak®, the first precision in-ear solution to continuously measure a full suite of vital signs such as core body temperature (CBT), heart rate, oxygen saturation levels, respiration rate, VO2 and motion metrics. Bodytrak® fulfils the unmet need of providing reliable and continuous vital signs monitoring to a variety of secto...

Ensuring patient safety is challenging since patient deterioration can happen rapidly and go un-noticed. Consequently, the NHS makes use of the National Early Warning System (NEWS) - a vital signs monitoring framework, in order to monitor patients and facilitate early intervention. Currently, the vital signs are obtained manually by staff, which is an err...

There is a significant unmet need for accurate, reliable & continuous monitoring of vital signs (VS) during activity to prevent ‘exertional’ heat & cardiac illness in sporting & defence populations. There is a further unmet need in healthcare to enable rapid diagnosis & immediate preventative treatment. The addressable UK market is an estimated £563m & wo...

Inova Design Solutions Ltd (“Inova”) specialises in the design, engineering and commercialisation of innovative medical diagnostics. Its novel lead product, Bodytrak, will be the first non-invasive device capable of accurately and continuously monitoring patients’ full suite of vital signs, enabling early detection of patient deterioration and rapid medic...

This proof of concept (“PoC”) project is the next phase of development of a recently awarded feasibility study from the Technology Strategy Board (project 131336). The proof of principle prototype of the NCCTM successfully demonstrates basic functionality of the technology and initial tests show desired results. The technology is designed to prevent heat ...

Individuals may suffer heat illness as a result of physical exertion in harsh environments or the inability to control their environment. There is a major unmet need for non-invasive monitoring for use during activity and inactivity. The innovation presented is a portable, medically accurate, non-invasive device to continuously and automatically monitor t...

The innovation is a portable, accurate, non-invasive wireless device to continuously and automatically monitor the hydration status of individuals in real-time so that dehydration can be avoided and associated morbidity and mortality prevented. There are no existing methods or apparatus that can provide this combined functionality and the resultant techno...