Respiratory compromise kills. It’s also one of the most rapidly increasing hospital expenses, resulting in $37 billion in costs - with no current solution that gathers data completely, remotely, or fast enough. One out of fourteen medical patients suffers from respiratory distress, yet 97% of adverse breathing events could be prevented with adequate monitoring.

Currently, nurses do spot checks every several hours to measure respiratory rate, which is a far cry from continuous monitoring. Oxygen saturation measurement through a pulse oximeter is a continuous measurement but it provides a late alert on respiratory depression, especially for patients receiving supplemental oxygen.