Propeller Health CEO David Van Sickle Explains How Sensors, Data Can Help Manage Respiratory Disease

Medtech Talk

English - May 11, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
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David Van Sickle, CEO & Co-Founder of Propeller Health, brings his public health background to health tech start-up Propeller Health. The company has created a line of sensors that work in conjunction with inhalers and spirometers to measure medication intake and breathing capacity of people with asthma. The start-up has undertaken some bold projects with entire cities including Louisville to demonstrate how tools such as these can benefit communities. In this podcast Van Sickle discusses the company's unique origins, its technology and a small hiccup involving the company's former name. Van Sickle will be speaking on an innovative panel at the May 31 Medtech Conference in Minneapolis.