RespView has received support from the Research Council's Pilot Health program to develop a product that enables contactless, continuous and automatic measurement of breathing activity from a point on the ceiling. The project uses its own patented solutions, as well as relevant and recognized R&D methods. RespView will run until 2028 and has a budget of approximately NOK 40 million. Here are some excerpts from the experts' assessments of EloCare in the award process in 2024.
Read about the award from the Research Council here
Changes in respiratory rate are an early sign of worsening disease, and for the large mass of patients who are not under continuous supervision (on bedrest, etc.) it is a fact that respiratory rate is either not recorded, or that the measurement (count) has many sources of error. The fact that approximately 40% of all cardiac arrests in hospital patients in Norway occur on bedrest also confirms a great need for monitoring systems for notification of respiratory arrest with cardiac arrest.
Using new and revolutionary antenna technology and artificial intelligence, the RespView project will develop a miniaturized radar (the size of a smoke detector) that can measure respiratory rate contactlessly, continuously and automatically from a point on the ceiling. The innovation is a fixed low-current installation, eliminating storage, searching, retrieval, cleaning and other healthcare personnel-dependent activities. From its position on the ceiling, the sensor will always be in place and always active.
Elotec AS is the project manager, and leads the R&D work with people who have special expertise in advanced signal processing and AI. Thorough and well-documented tests along the way are carried out continuously. With its broad expertise, Østfold HF Hospital participates as a partner from the specialist health service. With the participation of dedicated subcontractors, the clinical study will be carried out here. Rennebu Municipality is a partner from the municipal health service. Østfold University College is the R&D supplier, and with its special expertise in research-based knowledge about patient safety and quality in the health service, will be responsible for the benefit analysis. The project implementation is taking place with clear user involvement.
The main purpose of the RespView project is to contribute to increased patient safety, while also meeting the challenges in the health sector related to, among other things, an increasing population age and a shortage of health personnel.
