Optimisation of Ambulatory Oxygen Wins Entrepreneurs Award
In collaboration with the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College, Dr Simonds and her team have developed a pulse oximetry feedback flow controller to optimise ambulatory oxygen delivery in hypoxaemic chronic lung disease patients.
They have demonstrated in a controlled study that this flow controller reduces periods of desaturation in COPD patients compared to standard fixed flow delivery systems. Next steps are to assess efficacy in other lung disorders and conditions e.g., during sleep, the ability to reduce hypercapnia by adjusting oxygen flow to maintain preset SaO2 value, and to miniaturise device for commercial production.
Dr Iobbi won the of ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2007 in recognition of this work.
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