Update on developing my DiaCeph monitoring method as a hydrocephalus mobile data app. The DiaCeph Test initially designed in 1997 to collect non-invasive patient complaint marker data and render a diagnosis on shunt performance & shunt malfunction, is undergoing another transformation - to be produced as an mHealth app for Android and IOS mobile platforms. It clearly would be a major leap forward as a mobile data app, and esp. the new phone hardware and accessory devices now available like pedometers, which measure the amount of ones physical movement, and EEG headbands, that give a snapshot of brain function in terms of brain wave state. These accessory devices give DiaCeph a lot of new features and diagnostic capabilities. I am also exploring what it would take to create an accessory device to read the setting of a programmable shunt, though it would not reprogram it. Some of these new capabilities can get a little murky in terms of liability and FDA regulatory issues - when we start delving into treatment and assistance in managing complaints. All apps have to be very careful as to not direct treatment. Back in 1998-1999, when I was in initial development at the University of California at Irvine and with DiaCeph as a stand-alone PDA app, I wanted results to be available to patients. But medical experts on my board were opposed to it. Today, a lot has changed in the way patients engage & utilize information from smart phones. But still - weve havent crossed that divide in rendering care with them. The next big challenge in all of this: raising $100k or more, and/or finding a development partner who believes in my vision. Stay tuned!
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 15:54:14 +0000
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