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CovidDeep, A Rapid Screening App

 

NeuTigers Launches CovidDeep, A Rapid Screening App Using Wearable Sensor Data to Detect COVID-19 Infection

Using edge AI and wearable biosensors, an app detects COVID within two minutes—even in asymptomatic patients.



 CovidDeep an app from Brooklyn-based NeuTigers is powered by deep neural networks that identify patterns within sensor readings taken by wearable devices. It was developed at an Italian hospital during some of the worst days of the pandemic. CovidDeep provides rapid, real-time screening - so individuals can self-quarantine sooner, get treatment faster, and the world can get back to work and restart the economy. Now, it is launched for businesses who want to rapidly screen residents or employees, such as healthcare workers.

In early March 2020, the NeuTigers team began adapting their StarDeep health platform (an AI system under development to detect diabetes) to screen for COVID-19. The platform relies on ultra-efficient AI algorithms that run directly on small devices, such as smartphones or watches.

This technique, called edge AI, allows a person’s private health data to remain on their device, rather than being sent to the cloud, a practice that some apps and AI applications have faced criticism for.

The team achieved an accuracy of up to 98.1% in testing with real and synthetic datasets, as outlined in a preprint paper published on arXiv and currently under peer review at a leading journal. Now, with data from over 500 people, the CovidDeep app takes 2 minutes to complete and is 90%+ accurate at predicting the presence of COVID-19 infection, according to a company press release this week.

CovidDeep- How it works:

To use CovidDeep, a user answers a short health history and symptom questionnaire on the app and inputs health sensor data. Currently, some of the data comes from an Empatica wristband: galvanic skin response, skin temperature, and inter-beat interval, the time between heartbeats. The rest is recorded by other off-the-shelf devices: blood pressure is measured with a blood pressure monitor, and blood oxygen saturation levels taken with a pulse oximeter.

 




Dr. Adel Laoui, CEO and Founder of NeuTigers.

Combatting COVID – Today and Tomorrow :

"CovidDeep has been developed as a rapid screening tool to help businesses such as hospitality venues maintain a COVID-19 safe environment," says Dr. Adel Laoui, CEO and Founder of NeuTigers.

The application is currently being sold to businesses and is not directly available to consumers. Laoui says the company will continue to adapt it for other health wearables, such as smart watches made by Fitbit and Apple. In the future, NeuTigers plans to apply the StarDeep platform to the detection of depression, Alzheimer’s disease and more.

Smart device-based tools have been touted as one of the best possible ways to quickly screen large populations for COVID and other infections. A recent popular avenue has been smartphone-based apps that detect COVID in the sound of a cough.

If a person receives a positive result on any such app, they should see a healthcare professional to follow up with diagnostic testing.

“Whether helping frontline healthcare workers, employers keeping the workplace safe, assisting airlines in reestablishing consumer confidence in travel, helping students to stay in schools, or providing fast access to sporting and entertainment venues, the applications of CovidDeep are endless,” added Laoui.

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