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Asthmatics who need to monitor their breathing have a new mobiletool. Medical technology company iSonea has unveiled an app called AsthmaSense for Apple iOS and GoogleAndroid to allow people with asthma to monitor their breathing andkeep track of their medication routines. An estimated 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, according tothe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . It's a lifelong chronic condition in which the air pathwaysbecome constricted, causing a whistling noise in the lungs calledwheezing. Systems also include breathlessness, chest tightness andcoughing. iSonea launched AsthmaSense June 4. The $3.99 app allows users to develop an asthma action plan. Ajournal enables users to record their peak flow, or the extent towhich they can breathe out air. They can also record the amount ofwheezing and coughing and track their medication schedules, ofteninvolving inhaler use. AsthmaSense sends messages to patients when their condition is"not well controlled" or "poorly controlled." "[The app] assimilates that information and gauges it againstthe [National Institutes of Health] guidelines for asthmamanagement, and it will tell you if it senses that your medicationuse suggests that your risk profile is changing with respect to anasthma attack," Michael A. Cheney, vice president of marketingfor iSonea, told eWEEK. If a breathing emergency occurs, the app allows the individual toseek medical assistance. The app records up to two months ofmedication use. Patients can share this data with a physician,family member or caregiver. AsthmaSense allows users to track lung function tests, asthmaevents and medication. The app can help improve medication adherence, according to Cheney,who noted that only a fraction of people with asthma wouldordinarily use peak flow meters without prompting from mobiletools. In the future, iSonea plans to combine use of AsthmaSense with thecompany's WheezoMeter, which indicates the percentage of breathingtime that involves wheezing, and its Acoustic RespiratoryMonitoring (ARM), a tool that uses algorithms and signal processingto analyze sounds that sensors pick up from breathing, Michael J.Thomas CEO of iSonea told eWEEK. The first generation of iSonea's asthma tools are focused onanalyzing the sound of the lungs to get a sense of breathingpatterns, said Thomas. iSonea plans to build a mobile operating system around AsthmaSenseto incorporate apps for other respiratory conditions. "This is part of a long-term strategy to provide the ultimateoperating system for people with asthma, and in essence an asthmasecurity system," said Cheney. "That's one of the majorunmet needs o improve monitoring in a daily setting so you're morein tune with risks before it's too late." The app can track data for multiple users if more than one familymember has asthma. AsthmaSense will be "the standard for which all asthma andrespiratory patients use," Thomas claimed. "We want to be the mortar between the bricks for thesetechnologies for the next several years," said Thomas."We understand how critical it is to track your asthma, and sowe built an app with key features that help you better manage yourasthma anywhere, any time." For the current product, users must enter their peak flowinformation manually, but future versions will be able to collectthe info from peak flow meters connected through Bluetooth, saidCheney. In addition, iSonea's asthma-monitoring platform integrates with Qualcomm Life's 2net cloud platform to allow physicians to track patients' progress. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Five Toe Socks , Pure Cotton Tights for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Children's Cotton Tights.
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