Makani Science Respiratory Monitor
A small, disposable, Bluetooth device that can accurately and directly track respiration.
ACCURATE
CONVENIENT
APPLICABLE FOR
DIFFERENT USES
The Makani Respiratory Monitoring System will make critical respiratory information potentially more accessible in more settings.
Technology
The Makani Respiratory Monitoring System uses a proprietary, postage sized, stretchable sensor for comfortable respiratory rate monitoring.
Bluetooth connectivity declutter the patient environment of wires enables easy expansion into the home monitoring environment.
Evidence
NPJ Digital Medicine Article: Respiration rate and volume measurements using wearable strain sensors *
Current methods for continuous respiration monitoring such as respiratory inductive or optoelectronic plethysmography are limited to clinical or research settings; most wearable systems reported only measures respiration rate. Here we introduce…
*Although the Makani Science sensor has the capability to monitor both rate and volume, our first generation product will measure only rate.
Support
The deaths of Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers are well known examples of terrible deaths that were a result of respiratory arrest while giving sedation. It’s undoubtably not a stretch of the imagination to say the Makani sensor would have been invaluable in preventing the above tragedies.
Accurate and intuitive, the Makani respiratory monitor could save your life