ECME Mini Project and s2ack NeedlePoint

We are delighted to announce that s2ack is a recipient of an ECME Mini Project Grant which will be used to further develop our in house "NeedlePoint" wireless home health monitoring system.

s2acks’ NeedlePoint ©, or “Near Edge Enhanced Deep Learning Ecosystem”, will been designed, implemented and prototyped in-house using our rapid prototyping Firmware, Hardware and PCB manufacturing facilities. The system utilizes body worn sensors that provide high bitrate and real-time ECG, Impedance Pneumography based respiration along with clinical grade SpO2 monitoring.

Working in close collaboration with PulseAI, one of Northern Irelands newest and most exciting start-up companies and also a recipient of an ECME Mini Project award, S2ACK will implement "at the edge" Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect various heart conditions including Atrial fibrillation (AF) and Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC) along with degradation of Respiration and Blood Oxygen Saturation levels.

In addition to the ECG, Respiration and SpO2 edge devices, it is planned to extended the system to provide stress level detection, Body Mass Index (BMI) and other health statistics in order to provide a broader set of data points for analysis. Basic and detailed system data can be viewed both locally, via a TV connected hub device, or using the web-based dashboard interface.

S2ACK will also use facilities at the Connected Health and Innovation Centre (CHIC), including its unique ECG electrode design and development capabilities, along with their advanced 3D printing, to help expedite the development process.

Stewart Maguire, owner, and consultant as s2ack Ltd said:

“We were very pleased to be awarded funding from the ECME Mini Project and it’s fantastic to see so many great local companies coming together to deliver new cutting-edge medical technologies under such testing time. And through our partnership with Dr Alan Kennedy at PulseAI we have been able to expedite the implementation of the ECG AI components needed to bolster our system offerings.”

The ECME Programme, including the Mini Projects are funded by the European Union’s Interreg VA Programme which is managed by the Special EU Programmes body (SEUPB).

ABOUT S2ACK

Founded in January 2012, s2ack Ltd is an Embedded Solutions Company providing specialized Software and Hardware Development for custom or off the shelf Embedded products.
We provide Software Design and Development services for boot loader, device driver or application level code on Linux based platforms using modern and complex SoC's (ARM/x86/MIPS) along with the industries leading Microcontrollers using Baremetal or RTOS designs.

Our own in-house Build Environment and SDK, Velox, provides customers with a self-contained Linux and RTOS build environment suitable for producing deployable and field upgradeable software for your products.
Coupled with our Hardware Design Capabilities ranging from Microcontroller to complex SoC based products, our Mechanical Enclosure and Thermal Modelling expertise, s2ack can provide everything you need for your product portfolio going forward.

ABOUT ECME

The Eastern Corridor Medical Engineering Centre (ECME) is a collaborative research project focusing on improving cardiovascular health. It is a partnership between five leading academic research centres, Ulster University, Dublin City University, University College Dublin, University of the Highlands and Islands, Dundalk Institute of Technology and the Southern Health & Social Care Trust.
ECME is funded by the European Union’s Interreg VA Programme which is managed by the Special EU Programmes body (SEUPB). The €283m INTERREG VA Programme is one of 60 similar funding programmes across the European Union that have been designed to help overcome the issues that arise from the existence of a border. These issues range from access to transport, health and social care services, environmental issues and enterprise development.