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Intelligent Foetal Health Monitoring via Wearable e-Textile Sensor Platform

Lead Participant: KYMIRA LTD.

Abstract

KYMIRA was founded to disrupt the traditional model of medical innovation. Using a sportswear brand, KYMIRA has created a vessel through which it can commercialise and validate future medical technologies on the Health and Fitness market. Revenue from which is then invested in medical validation and further R&D. KYMIRA's current activities include the development, manufacture and sale of their internationally acclaimed infrared sportswear brand KYMIRA Sport, and developing wearable platform technologies including energy harvesting and e-textiles for primary use within the medical and domestic healthcare markets. This project will explore the feasibility of integrating their current wearables R&D into foetal movement monitoring, a vital indicator of wellbeing in the last trimester of pregnancy.

Lead Participant

Project Cost

Grant Offer

KYMIRA LTD. £114,714 £ 80,300

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