Three prizes worth a total of PLN 200,000 went to the winners of the third edition of the Huawei Startup Challenge. They are the creators of innovative solutions that have the potential to revolutionize health care. The winning projects involve monitoring sleep apnea, diagnosing damage to the pelvic floor muscles that can occur during childbirth, and a solution that could significantly reduce the time it takes to develop new drugs.
The main prize, a check worth PLN 100,000, went to the developers of the Clebre sleep breathing disorder diagnostic system. Using a sensor taped to the neck, it collects data on how a patient breathes and how he or she behaves when sleeping. The sensor collects and analyzes breathing sounds, heart function, motor activity and body position. According to the project's co-developer, Professor Wojciech Kukwa, who is an ENT specialist, Clebre is a sensor that allows, among other things, to detect and count episodes of snoring and apnea and shallow breathing. Normally, performing such an analysis currently requires sp...
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