electronRx to launch pulmonary disease smartphone app for remote lung function monitoring

electronRx, a leading digital medicine and biomarker company driving healthcare through pulmonary innovation, has announced that it will launch purpleDx, a cardiopulmonary assessment app built to medical device standards, at CES 2025 from Jan 7–10 in Las Vegas, USA. The technology enables chronic respiratory disease (CRD) patients to detect and monitor digital biomarkers of lung function at home, while providing clinicians with real-time data to customize treatment plans and help improve patient outcomes.

purpleDx is a smartphone app with accompanying clinical dashboard to support clinicians in detecting, monitoring, and treating pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension. It was developed in collaboration with several respiratory clinics and the European pulmonary hypertension association (PHA Europe).

The scalable technology utilizes digital biomarkers generated from mobile device sensors that feed into high impact, actionable clinical biomarkers to assess physiological cardiopulmonary metrics, such as heart rate, respiratory rate and tidal volume.

Healthcare providers can access the physiological data in real time via the clinical dashboard, enabling them to monitor patients’ lung function remotely and adjust treatment plans accordingly to help optimize drug efficacy. Remote monitoring also ensures patients need only travel to the hospital when necessary, saving them time and energy as well as helping to streamline healthcare delivery.

These digital apps are built onto the iPhone and use the camera to capture and measure the blood flow around the face that is invisible to the human eye. A typical 30–60 second measurement captures millions of data points that can then be converted into digital biomarkers to capture a range of physiological measurements.

Dr Bipin Patel, CEO and Founder, electronRx, said, “Integrating digital biomarker monitoring with prescribed medications embodies a revolutionary approach to healthcare management. Our purpleDx technology transforms a mobile phone into a powerful tool that will not only enable patients to measure and quantify lung health but share these invaluable and potentially life-saving insights with their healthcare providers. This will empower them to manage chronic diseases more effectively and tailor treatments for individuals, leading to enhanced therapeutic outcomes".

"We’re incorporating the latest clinical insights and data into purpleDx to ensure our platform remains at the forefront of technological innovation and continues to drive advancements in the management and treatment of CRDs worldwide.”

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