Proof of Concept of Remote Management of Chronic Inflammatory Airway Diseases for Patient Empowerment

"RFID devices monitor breathing patterns by means of temperature measurements of the respiratory airflow. The temperature gradient of the air flow in and out of the airways can be correlated to the flow-based respiratory patterns. Accordingly, a temperature-based breath monitoring can be achieved by means of on-skin RFID sensors attached below the nose. Finally, a bilateral measurement of nostrils respiratory flow can provide more information since nasal cavities do not behave in the same way during a respiratory cycle.~In this project we will evaluate the possibility to perform domestic breath flow analysis by exploiting thin, lightweight and battery-less sensing plasters directly attached under the nose. The system includes a proper external reader interrogating the face sensors that is capable to directly communicate with smartphone/pc/tablet/cloud environment."