PneumaScan™ makes it possible for staff in GP surgeries and hospitals to monitor and assess the lung function of even the most vulnerable groups, including babies, intensive care patients, the elderly and post-surgical patients – all of whom find standard assessment difficult or sometimes impossible.
‘Plextek has played a key role in catalysing our journey from concept to working prototype cost-effectively and in a very rapid timeframe,’ says Dr Ward Hills, PneumaCare’s CEO. ‘Working with Plextek has given us instant access to a large pool of specialist knowledge and electronics design experience, which has accelerated our progress and given us a strong commercial basis.’
Since Plextek’s involvement, PneumaCare has gained CE marking approval for its first product. It also won the award for the Best Business Proposition in the Respiratory Category as well as the overall award for Best Business Proposition at the Medical Futures Innovations Awards 2011. More importantly, for customers and investors alike, PneumaCare now has the track record of delivering, on time and on budget.
of immense assistance in guiding PneumaCare through the operational, commercial and technical challenges faced by start-up companies.
Initially Plextek worked closely with the team at PneumaCare to streamline the design process and then to help develop the technology. Working with a design consultancy meant PneumaCare was spared the need to invest time and money into setting up design and quality control processes, could divert these resources to focus on refining the product and software, and concentrate on the development pipeline. PneumaCare capitalised on Plextek’s skills in management and engineering, and its ability to identify and respond to changing business requirements. Plextek’s expertise in product manufacture meant that
production was a key consideration from the outset, with the objective of reducing the risk of costly design changes and thus minimising the unit cost. The necessary regulatory requirements were considered and factored in early in the process, again streamlining costs
and processes.
Working with Plextek, PneumaCare was able to get the PneumaScan™ to market first time and within budget.
From start-up to success As
a result of
As Plextek’s Managing Director, I believe PneumaCare is a very exciting start-up with a truly innovative concept and enormous commercial potential. We are delighted that our skills, knowledge and experience are helping the company on its road to success and that we will be continuing to play a pivotal role as it moves forward.
Plextek has been contracted to provide further assistance as PneumaCare expands the commercialisation of the concept and explores other potential applications.
At the
appropriate time, Plextek will also provide volume manufacturing.
the partnership
between Plextek and PneumaCare, the PneumaScan™ was being used in clinics within 12 months of the first prototype being trialled. Highly portable and simple to operate, the
‘This has been a fruitful partnership,’ Ward Hills sums up. ‘And as we move into the next phases for new product development and marketing, we’ll continue to benefit from Plextek’s first class design skills and business advice.’
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