Personalized Medical Emergency and Distress System

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Group Demonstration - Personalized Medical
Emergency and Distress System (PMEDS)
Proof of concept demonstration by en-Focus!,
Inc. for ENSC 305/340
Personalized Medical Emergency and Distress
System en-Focus! lten-Focus_at_sfu.cagt
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Introducing Our Team Members

• Primary Project Specialization
• Paulman Chan
• Temperature Sensor and Documentation Lead
• Mirela Cunjalo
• ECG and Breathing Sensors
• Brian McKenzie
• PIC microcontroller / Software and Interface
• Scott Nelson
• Base Station and Hardware Design
• Ryan Monsurate
• RF Communications

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Presentation Roadmap
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Presentation Roadmap

• The Problem Introduction
• The Product/Solution
• Target Markets
• Product Development
• Barriers to entry and Competition
• Market/Revenue plan
• Team Dynamics
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements

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The Problem Introduction
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The Problem Introduction

• People who live alone are at risk
• Accidents can occur suddenly that incapacitate
  the person
• The 1st and 3rd leading causes of death
• Heart disease and stroke
• Comprehensive monitoring is impractical
• Highly restrictive in movement and comfort
• Expensive

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The Product/Solution
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The Product/Solution

• Intelligent Shirt Platform
• Comprehensive feature set
• Heart rate monitor
• Temperature sensor
• Breathing monitor
• RF transmission to base station

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The Product/Solution

• Real-time Monitoring
• With real-time analysis and crisis detection
• Security center
• Base Station
• RF communication reception
• Handles data analysis
• Computer user interface (for the mock-up)

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The Product/Solution

• Flow chart overview of the PMEDS system.

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Target Markets
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Target Markets

• Elderly living alone
• Heart attack or stroke
• Respiratory arrest
• Hypothermia
• Athletic Training Data adv. breathing
• High-end fitness clubs
• Home use by professional athletes
• Adaptable for longer-range monitoring

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Product Development
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Product Development - Funding

• Venture Capital
• Line of Credit
• Family Loans
• NSERC
• Canada RD tax break

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Product Development - Certification

• Canadian Standards
• Canadian Standards Association
• International Standards
• Underwriters Laboratories
• Health Canada Approval

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Product Development - Manufacturing Costs

• Component costs for the prototype
• 155.21
• Component cost per production unit
• 135.98
• Redesignable for lower cost
• Easily reducible by 50 if custom RF

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Product Development - Competitors

• Digital Angel
• (not shirt) Temperature, Fall Detection, GPS
• Sensatex
• Military Research Still in development
• Competitors Products
• Captial Cost - 500 Thousands of
• Monthly Service Fee - 20 - 50
• Most are Passive Montoring products

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Market/Revenue Plan
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Market/Revenue Plan

• Capital Expenditure
• Three Shirt Models Features
• Monthly Monitoring
• Hardware installation
• Software updates
• Customer support
• Solid revenue potential

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Team Dynamics
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Team Dynamics

• Division of the group into sub-teams was
  effective
• Group structure was an informal interactive/web
  organization
• Some inter-personal tendencies to annoy were
  successfully suppressed
• Mutual respect in the group was present
• Task assignments were often self-chosen and
  completed on the persons own initiative

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Conclusion
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Conclusion - Product

• Proof-of-concept device is successful
• Good market potential
• Need more medical research on vital statistics
• Revenue plan allows for growth and sustainability
• We learned a lot from this project
• Like to begin development and implementation
  earlier

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Future Work
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Future Work

• More research on
• The healthy and dangerous ranges for vital
  statistics
• Shirt materials technology
• Miniaturization of components and durability for
  shirt use
• More development on
• False alarm tolerance and sensor accuracy
• Ensuring that the PMEDS will consistently be used
  and operate properly
• Power consumption and increased wireless range
  and custom RF

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Acknowledgements
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Thanks!

• Andrew Rawicz
• Steve Whitmore
• Andrew Pruszynski
• Nakul Verma
• Fred Heep
• Gary Shum

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Acknowledgments

• Special Thanks
• Microchip
• Analog Devices
• Texas Instruments
• Maxim IC
• Special Mention
• Bourns

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Time for questions!
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Be Nice Please!