A Selfie-based Health Monitoring Platform Creates Buzz at MWC 2023

You can now use your video camera in selfie mode to assess health risks. Meet Anura, a next-gen contactless health monitoring system built on Transdermal Optical Imaging (TOI™) technology. NuraLogix, a global pioneer of contactless health monitoring showcased a host of new capabilities of its Anura™ platform at MWC 2023. Using mobile and desktop devices already in the hands of billions of people, Anura is able to provide over 30 health parameters allowing the mobile industry to integrate digital health solutions into various aspects of the healthcare industries as well as sectors such as retail, automotive and smart cities.

Most smartphone users rely on their mobile camera features to capture selfies and photos that last a lifetime. Telehealth companies are now focusing on improving their technology to serve smartphone users, integrating next-gen digital health solution. One such concept in telehealth is contactless health monitoring which is gaining huge popularity among mobile phone users. The new contactless health monitoring technology Anura enables mobile carriers and handset developers to integrate digital health solution in less than 30 seconds. Users can monitor their blood pressure, glucose levels and predict pre-diabetes risks in just 30 seconds using only a smartphone video camera.

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Understanding Contactless Health monitoring System

The selfie-based technology uses a conventional mobile phone camera linked to the AI-based app that runs on NuraLogix’s Affective AI engine. Using computer vision technology, the AI engine detects the different physiological and psychological states including basal stress via heart rate analysis and much more. Founded in 2015, NuraLogix’s ground-breaking technology allows third-party clients such as health providers, mobile carriers and handset manufacturers, insurance companies, and wellness programs to help consumers better manage their physical and mental health. NuraLogix is the creator of the world’s first contactless blood pressure measurement technology. The company’s patented Transdermal Optical Imaging (TOI™) technology can measure dozens of health and wellness parameters using a conventional video camera to extract facial blood flow information from the human face.

At MWC 2023, NuraLogix is showcasing its latest ability to perform metabolic and blood biomarker health risk assessments for various chronic conditions, such as assessing HbA1c and fasting glucose, as well as risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypertriglyceridemia. Anura can be experienced at booth #6C75 in the Ontario/Canada Pavilion.

The ‘Healthy Selfie’ for Contactless Health Monitoring

Anura is the only video-based contactless health monitoring technology that can measure vital signs and provide health risk assessments using mobile and desktop devices. Unlike smartwatches, health trackers, and rings that track blood flow through light sensors, Anura™ can do so with a video selfie.

The platform is powered by NuraLogix’s patented Transdermal Optical Imaging (TOI™) technology, a novel form of Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG). It automatically detects a person’s face, identifies key regions of interest, and extracts blood flow information that is combined with powerful AI data models developed from tens of thousands of patients with multiple health conditions.

Results are delivered within an intuitive results screen, showing information on dozens of health parameters* such as heart rate, breathing rate, and cuffless blood pressure. It provides health risk assessments for some of the most prevalent chronic conditions, including Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mental Health.

Developed with data from more than 40,000 patients with multiple conditions, NuraLogix’s predicted model research have currently appeared in 10 global peer-reviewed research publications, with three additional publications in progress. NuraLogix also has 13 original U.S. patents. Its latest released models have been proven to predict whether a subject’s HbA1c is greater than 5.7% or their Fasting Blood Glucose is greater than 5.5mmol/L to a clinically accurate level.

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In addition, NuraLogix announced in January 2023 that it now has the ability to measure blood pressure with an accuracy corresponding to a standard deviation of error of less than 8mmHg, widely considered to be the “Holy Grail” of contactless blood pressure measurement.

“The wireless industry has already played an important role in remote and novel health solutions, and with 5G adoption increasing, its ability to power the health industry is accelerating,” said Dr Keith Thompson, Chief Medical Officer at NuraLogix. “Platforms such as Anura allow handset manufacturers and carriers to create or work with additional third parties to deploy digital health solutions that can make a meaningful difference to society. Our agnostic hardware and operating system approach paves the way to a world where health vitals are continually monitored with just a look at a smartphone, bathroom mirror, TV screen, or kiosk.”

Anura™ includes capabilities for investigational use and go-to-market solutions to allow its customers (companies such as NTT Data, Bupa Group, AIA, and FWD) to build flexible bespoke programs to meet the needs of their customers by combining various Anura capabilities including:

Physiological Health Vitals/Indexes

• Blood Pressure
• Cardiac Workload
• Heart Rate
• Breathing/Respiratory Rate
• Irregular Heart Rate
• Heart Rate Variability
• Facial Skin Age

Mental Health/Risk Assessments 

• Mental Stress
• Depression Health Risk
• Anxiety Health Risk

Physiological Health/Risk Assessments

• T2 Diabetes Risk Assessment
• Fatty Liver Disease Risk Assessment
• HbA1c Risk Assessment
• Fasting Blood Glucose Risk Assessment
• Cardiovascular Disease Risks

(10  yr. prediction of risk of death from Heart Attack or Stroke)

• Hypertension Risk
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hypertriglyceridemia

NuraLogix has been awarded key patents that would further enable innovations in this fast-growing healthcare domain. Here’s a list of their patents:

System and Method for Detecting Physiological State – Patent No.: US 10,694,988 B2

System and Method for Contactless Blood Pressure Determination – Patent No.: US 10,376,192 B2

System and Method for Camera-Based Heartrate Tracking – Patent No.: US 10,117,588 B2

C********* to see Anura in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_FZRxvdO8