By Kalwinder KaurJul 13 2012
Asthmapolis, a company focused on improving asthma management for patients and healthcare professionals, has achieved a milestone by securing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its asthma inhaler sensor technology and related software system.
The Asthmapolis sensor sits easily on top of most inhalers.
The sensor is fixed on top of inhalers, utilized by patients with COPD and asthma. When a patient uses an inhaler, the sensor system works along with a mobile phone application to collect information about everyday management. The tools, including web and mobile phone applications, offer a better understanding of patterns and triggers in asthma symptoms in individuals and communities and also enhance awareness of disease control. In addition, the data collected by the sensor is used to deliver personalized guidance and education.
Inger Couture, Asthmapolis’ Chief Regulatory Officer, noted that the FDA clearance supports their aim of delivering tools that help patients and healthcare professionals to better understand and control asthma symptoms. The inhaler sensor technology from the company helps track symptoms and use of metered dose inhalers in a much easier way, thus enabling patients and their families and doctors to get a valuable perception on asthma.
The Co-Founder and CEO of the company, David Van Sickle noted that additionally, the technology provides physicians the capability to rapidly identify the health of their patients and take necessary steps to control their disease.
The tracking of inhaler on the basis on geography can provide valuable information on environmental factors that cause acute events in different patients. Thus, preventing such environments will further enhance overall asthma control and decrease healthcare costs, remarked Robert F. Lemanske from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Source: http://asthmapolis.com/
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