2022
Medical
Illnesses with airborne transmission vectors have been in the news, especially in the last couple of years. The current state-of-the-art for airborne particle containment is to encumber healthcare staff with bulky personal protective equipment (PPE) or create negative pressure isolation rooms. Bulky PPE can limit visibility and make routine tasks more difficult.
According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible – yet most neglected – public health problems. An escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity is taking over the world. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight, including 650 million who were obese.
PyrAmes is a digital health company focused on fundamentally transforming health care delivery through continuous blood pressure monitoring that is accurate, wireless, and non-invasive. Our devices’ comfort and ease-of-use will enable better BP management for patients from newborns to seniors.
The CDC recently estimated that there are 83 million nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections a year. The majority, 52.8%, resulting in pneumonia. Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, viral, chemical or other microorganisms. The majority of times the patient responds by spiking a temperature. Temperatures are normally taken once to three times a day.
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