A New Sensor-based Monitoring System for the Early Detection and Improved Management of Heart Failure

The Challenge

Heart failure currently affects 480,000 Australians, with over 60,000 new diagnoses made every year. The prevalence of heart failure increases with age and is also estimated to be higher in the indigenous population.

The global heart failure monitoring systems market has a five types of monitoring devices which determine the status of heart failure progression. However, none of these have the significant advantage of being non-invasive.

The Solution

Our non-invasive sensor system is designed for the early detection and improved management of heart failure patients in non-hospital settings. The ultimate goal is to reduce hospital admissions and readmission. The system includes patented, innovative, non-invasive sensors that are mounted on the body, an app that displays signals, key data/risk scores and notifications from the clinical team regarding the patient care plan, a cloud database for signals and biometric data and a clinician portal to allow the care team to remotely access data and deliver personalised care plans to the patient based on data from the sensors. This project will advance the sensor/electronics system from prototypes to product designs and complete a clinical evaluation. The resulting signals will be analysed using machine learning techniques and compared to gold-standard signals.

Industry Partner

University Partners