Saving and supporting lives with gadgets!

Hardware innovations are part of the digital health landscape, and are being used for self-monitoring and self-diagnosis. These devices empower consumers and patients to measure their vital signs such as blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate and blood glucose. Others detect disease states and aid in their early diagnosis, and facilitate timely administration of a therapy.

We have confirmed:

Chris Elliot, the co-founder of Leman Micro Devices (LMD), a maker of smartphone-embedded vital signs measuring chips and sensors. An advanced prototype of the product is being built by manufacturers who can meet smartphone sales, typically 100 million per year. It is a regulated medical device and will shortly be entering clinical trials to receive the CE mark and FDA approval.

Kirstin Hancock, the co-founder of Blue Maestro, a maker of digital health pacifiers and sensors for children – including the innovative and award-winning Bluetooth Smart pacifier, Pacif-i™. The company is developing for the NHS a yet-to-be named Bluetooth Medicine Adherence sensor and logger, and has an environment sensing device, Tempo™ , on the market.

Programme

6:00 – 6:30 pm – Registration, Networking and Refreshments

6:30 – 6:40 pm – Introductions and Welcome speech by Sina Iluyemi, HEALTHTRONICS Consulting

6:40 – 7:00 pm – Chris Elliot, Leman Micro Devices

7.00 – 7.20 pm – Kirstin Hancock, Blue Maestro

7:20 – 7:40 pm – Celia Carr, Simmons & Simmons Corporate Tax Department legal update

7:40 – 8:00 pm – Q & A

8.00 – 8.10 pm – Closing remarks by Paolo Caldato, Simmons & Simmons

8:10 – 8:30 pm – Networking and Refreshments

Speakers’ Bios

Chris Elliot

Co-Founder Leman Micro Devices

Chris spent 20 years building a very successful engineering consultancy that was subsequently bought by BAE Systems for over $600M. In 2012 he formed LMD with co-founder Mark-Eric Jones, who had very wide experience of US and European start-ups in high technology. He manages medical device regulation and IP for LMD, and leads much of the company’s work in modelling and analysis. Chris served as a non-executive Director of several public and private sector organisations. He is a fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and author of its guidance on system design for the 21st century.

Kirstin Hancock

Co-Founder Blue Maestro

Kirstin co-founded Blue Maestro. She is an advocate of smart-parenting with technologies, and has held senior roles in the education sector specialising in ICT where she developed an ability to explain complex technology in simple language. She is an expert in social media marketing. Blue Maestro are innovators in wireless, smartphone and internet-enabled and cloud-hosted healthcare and environment monitoring and control solutions utilising the latest in Bluetooth™ Smart, ANT+, WiFi and GSM/3G technologies. Kirstin heads the company’s marketing function.