media tour the future of health care - nemo
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NEMO HealthcareNon-invasive Electrophysiological
Monitoring for Obstetrics
Bas Lemmens, MSc
CEO
Brainport Media TourEindhoven, 8-2-2011
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Problem description
• Preterm births: 12.9M in 2005
• Asphyxia (oxygen deficiency)
Effect on health and wellbeing of individuals and families
Huge costs for healthcare system
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Current state-of-art
CTG = cardiotocogram > wellbeing fetus
Use external tocodynamometerUterine activity
Use invasive pressure catheterUterine activity
Registration uterine activitity
Registration fetal heart rate
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NEMO’s Innovation
Experimental setup
fetal ECGNEMO
hardware
Disposable patch
Existing CTG-monitor
2012
• Non invasive = safe
• More information
• Comfortable for mother
• Ease of use (nurses)
• Compatible existing infrastructure
• Cheaper than existing disposables
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Information
NEMO Healthcare BV
Bas Lemmens
+31(0)6 520.172.11
2010 Brainport Health Innovation Award winner
Supported by STW