Quvium

Quvium is finalizing production for CoughAware, a patented, compact & wearable cough monitor that can alert a patient of a potential respiratory exacerbation.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location Sandwich, United Kingdom
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2013
  • Employees 7
  • Incorporation Type Other
  • Website quvium.com

Company Summary

Problem: Respiratory Conditions
-440M+ people worldwide suffer with them
-Causes 3M+ deaths/yr
-175B+ in healthcare costs/yr

Our solution - CoughAware

-A smart wearable cough-monitor
-It records, transmits and interprets the number, frequency and pattern of coughs
-It sends a text message to the patient or caretaker if there are deviations from a baseline
-Early warning permits early medical intervention & reduced healthcare costs

Team

  • Karen Travers
    Co-Founder and CCO

    Karen is a mother to an asthmatic kid. She brings in over 20 years experience in developing market driven products and has enjoyed success in commercializing services in Life Science/Healthcare industries

    Sr. Director – Vertex
    Director – Parexel
    Director – Oracle Life Sciences

  • Steve Schmidt
    CEO & Founder

    Steven is a father to an asthmatic kid. He brings in over 30 years of experience creating and building Health and Life Sciences systems (software and hardware) and has been involved in numerous product and company spinoffs.

    CIO – Vertex Pharm.
    Director – Parke-Davis
    Sr. Manager – Abbott Labs
    Medical Chemist - worked on Zyflo® (asthma drug)

    B.S. in Chemistry - Univ. of Wisconsin '78
    M.S. in Chemistry & CS - San Diego State University '81

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