The Fight Against COVID-19

NuraLogix is proud to be a community partner and collaborator along with the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s hospital in a project called:

Keeping everyone safe: Using contactless Transdermal Optical Imaging to obtain patient vitals and symptom report in the time of COVID-19.

Transdermal Optical Imaging (TOI) is the underlying technology used by Anura mobile phone app to measure key vitals like: Heart Rate, Breathing, HRV, and Blood Pressure. Anura uses the built-in camera in a smartphone or tablet to take a 30s “selfie” video. This version of Anura runs on a tablet and responds to voice commands making it completely contactless!

One of the stated benefits of this project is to minimize the exposure of frontline hospital staff to people who are possibly carriers/infected with COVID, ensuring they themselves remain healthy.

This project is funded by a grant from the University of Toronto.

Staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic can be both physically and mentally exhausting. Now more than ever, it is important to be aware of and monitor your physical and mental wellness. With our Affective AI technology, you can measure many health indicators for you and your family from the convenience of your home, using just your smartphone.

According to WebMD, data from China and Italy shows “higher risk of COVID-19 infections and complications in people with high blood pressure. In China, 25% to 50% of people who came to hospitals with coronavirus had high blood pressure or another health condition like cancer, diabetes, or lung disease. In Italy, more than 99% of people who've died from the virus had one of these conditions -- and 76% of them had high blood pressure.” Many people with high blood pressure are not aware of their hypertensive condition.

Anura™ is the world’s first app allowing for contactless blood pressure measurement requiring only a 30 second video selfie. The computational models used by Anura™ were tested and validated using medical grade scientific instruments. The accuracy of Anura™ measurements has been tested at both Nuralogix as well as the university labs of our international collaborators.