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Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:17 AM

Chris Toumazou

Type: Person
Name: Chris Toumazou
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
­A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers.Toumaz ... [Cellular-News - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 2 Documents (in Medicine)
Clinical trials have begun of a smart plaster - a sensor-studded band aid that wirelessly monitors vital signs.Once stuck to a patient's chest, the band aid monitors heart rate, blood pressure and other health indicators.Its creators hope it will eventually ... [BBC - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
Niamh Mullen reports on a digital plaster that allows doctors to monitor a patient's vital signs – and any worrying changes – remotely and around the clock, and deal with them quicklyA digital plaster that can monitor a patient’s temperature, heart rate ... [Irish Medical Times - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)
A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers. Toumaz ... [Medical News Today - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
A digital plaster that can monitor patients’ vital signs is being trialled at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for the first time.The digital plaster from Toumaz Technology sticks to a patient’s chest and remotely monitors signs such as their temperature, ... [E-Health Europe - 11/06/2009]

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Dr Stephen Brett, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Imperial College London, commented: "this technology has the potential to improve the capturing of patient's vital signs within all areas of the hospital - enabling key physiological data to be acquired at an increased frequency, with the minimum of inconvenience to patients, and without the requirement to connect patients to immobile pieces of equipment. this raises the possibility of technology improving hospital safety systems enhancing the efficiency of adding vital sign data to patient records and potentially freeing valuable nursing staff time for other patient care responsibilities." Professor Chris Toumazou, chief executive officer of Toumaz Holdings, commented: 'It is fantastic to see the Sensium technology coming to fruition, and...
"we're hoping that the plaster will improve the health and wellbeing of a vast range of patients - from patients on a general hospital ward to people with chronic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease who want to have their health monitored without having to keep visiting the hospital. at the same time, the plaster should free up doctors and nurses' time by allowing them to keep an eye on patients without continuously checking bits of machinery" added Professor Toumazou

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UK Hospital Trials Wireless 'plaster' for monit... [Cellular-News - 15 hours ago]
Toumaz Technology Named “Emerging Technology Co... [IT Backbones - 15 hours ago]
Remote 24/7 monitoring [Irish Medical Times - 11/18/2009]
Wireless sticking plaster to monitor patients f... [BBC - 11/17/2009]
Medical debut for smart band aid [BBC - 11/17/2009]
Toumaz Technology Named Emerging Technology Com... [ITWire - 11/10/2009]
Toumaz Technology Named Emerging Technology Com... [EDN.com - 11/09/2009]
Toumaz Technology Named “Emerging Technology Co... [TMC Net - 11/09/2009]
Toumaz Named “Emerging Technology Company of Ye... [Prlog - 11/09/2009]
Digital plaster trialled in London [E-Health Europe - 11/06/2009]
Toumaz Technology conducts clinical trial of Se... [MTB Europe - 11/03/2009]
First Clinical Trials Of Digital 'Plaster' For ... [Medical News Today - 11/03/2009]
Toumaz Begins Clinical Trials Of Its Sensium Di... [Wi-Fi Technology Forum - 11/03/2009]
CareFusion funds Toumaz Technology's Sensium- d... [News-Medical.Net - 11/03/2009]
Digital 'plaster' for monitoring vital signs un... [Genetic Engineering News - 11/02/2009]
Toumaz Technology Limited: Toumaz Technology an... [Zibb - 11/02/2009]
TOUMAZ HOLDINGS LIMITED - Sensium Digital Plast... [TMC Net - 11/02/2009]
Toumaz Technology and Imperial College London I... [TechWhack - 11/02/2009]
Gadget checks drugs suitability [Telegraph - 02/16/2009]
Star Trek gadget checks suitability to medicines [Telegraph - 02/16/2009]
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