Start-Up Spotlight: PneumoWave Hopes Sensor Tech Can Prevent Opioid Deaths

The Glaswegian company is tackling a tricky area of health care with its intelligent sensor and cloud processing technologies.

PneumoWave's alarm (L) and body-worn sensor (R) • Source: PneumoWave

Separate from COVID-19, another public health crisis has continued to evolve. The opioid crisis continues to kill vast numbers because of the over prescription of powerful painkillers and increasing availability of illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. 

A Glaswegian company, PneumoWave, has begun working on technology to help minimize these drug deaths after its founders realized something...

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