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ChroNoct: Chronic Respiratory Disorder Prediction and Management through Contactless Remote Nocturnal Monitoring 

ChroNoct is a European research project aiming at minimizing the burden on the healthcare system by the development and co-creation of a platform that monitors nocturnal vital health parameters, using radar-based contactless technology, for the early prediction, management, and diagnosis of chronic respiratory disorders amongst older adults.  

Sleepiz One+ is an innovative, non-intrusive and non-wearable device used as the core technology for further development to achieve the project objectives. The device can be used within the comfort of one’s own home and is focused on measuring the following key physiological parameters during sleep:  

  • Breathing rate 
  • Heart rate  
  • Body motion 
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Sleep/Wake 
  • Presence 

The Sleepiz device hence ensures no sleep disruption, provides insight into one’s health status and allows for remote health monitoring so that long-term assessments and predictions can be made  

Objectives, expected results and impact

The global healthcare system is under immense pressure and the rising aging population adds to it. To minimise this added burden, a system needs to be in place that enables doctors to speed up their processes whilst enabling older individuals to stay healthy for longer. The prime objective of the ChroNoct project is to develop such a system and to predict, manage and diagnose chronic respiratory diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); including exacerbation (worsening) of the disease.   

Throughout the course of product development, progressive usability studies, surveys and interviews with all direct stakeholders will be performed to gather end-user requirements. Key end-users include older individuals (active at home and supported at home), caregivers and physicians (specialists and general practitioners). The main challenge is understanding all user requirements and promoting the platform to both doctors and older adults as adoptability may present itself as an obstacle. The requirements and issues provided by the end-users will be direct input for the product prototypes.  

Integration of the platform into the current healthcare ecosystem is the ideal end-result and hence customisation of the product is a necessity. 

Planned milestones

Phases

Milestones

Start Pre-deployment (baseline)

  • User engagement and testing: Focus groups, Questionnaire

09/2022

Start Deployment V0

  • User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Score card, Clinical review

Start Deployment Alpha

  • User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Score card, Focus groups, Contextual Inquiry, Clinical review
  • (Software) Development

05/2023

Start Deployment Beta

  • User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Scorecard, Focus groups, Clinical review
  • (Software) Development

12/2023

End of research project (post project activities)

09/2024

Partners

The ChroNoct project is coordinated by Sleepiz AG. Besides Sleepiz, the other project partners involved are: 

  • In4Care – Happy Aging 
  • terzStiftung 
  • Aalborg University 

Together they bring in expertise in the field of radar technology, predictive algorithms, user centred design/consumer-interest and digital health research. See more information about the project partners below:

Partner

Website

Type

Country

SME

Switzerland

End-user

Switzerland

The ChroNoct project is carried out under the AAL Programme, co-funded by the European Union and national funding authorities in Switzerland (Innosuisse), Belgium (Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen), and Denmark (Innovationsfonden). 

AAL programme
European union
Schweizerische Eigenossenschaft confederation suisse
Agentschap innoveren ondernemen
Innovation fund denmark

Published Material

Regarding the update, as there will be more such PDFs to put under published material in the future, I am thinking it will be much simpler to just upload the pdf and not add any additional intro text. The sharing of news related to newly published items will be done by our project partner via LinkedIn.

So basically, that section with more than one pdf in the future could look like the below:

Published Material

  • [Month Year] Publishable item 3
  • [Month Year] Publishable item 2
  • [April 2023] ChroNoct Digital Brochure

 

Social Media Posts

Attending an event organized by In4care. Read more

Sleepiz AG is our first project partner.    Read more

News

Contact

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PHASESMILESTONES
Start Pre-deployment (baseline)
- User engagement and testing: Focus groups, Questionnaire
09/2022
Start Deployment V0
- User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Score card, Clinical review
Start Deployment Alpha
- User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Score card, Focus groups, Contextual Inquiry, Clinical review
- Software) Development
05/2023
Start Deployment Beta
- User engagement and testing: Questionnaire, Scorecard, Focus groups, Clinical review
- (Software) Development
12/2023
End of research project (post project activities)09/2024
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ORGANIZATIONWEBSITETYPECOUNTRY
Sleepizwww.sleepiz.comSMESwitzerland
In4Care - Happy Agingwww.in4care.beEnd-userBelgium
terzStiftungwww.terzstiftung.chEnd-userSwitzerland
Aalborg Universitywww.en.aau.dkR&DDenmark
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