Overview and Core Technology

TempTraq is the brand name for an advanced, wireless, continuous temperature monitoring system designed to replace intermittent manual temperature checks in both clinical and home settings. The core product is a soft, flexible, disposable patch that adheres comfortably to the skin under the arm (axilla). It provides real-time, uninterrupted temperature data for extended periods, drastically improving upon the traditional standard of care.

The technology is rooted in the proprietary innovations of its parent company, Blue Spark Technologies, Inc., which pioneered ultra-thin, flexible printed battery technology. This allows the device to be thin, comfortable, and safe for all ages and skin types.

Key Product Features

• Form Factor: Single-use, adhesive patch (latex-free).
• Function: Senses, records, and transmits axillary temperature via Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE). The axillary reading is converted to an oral-equivalent temperature for display.
• Operating Life: The patch is available in varying run times, typically up to 72 hours of continuous monitoring per single-use patch, eliminating the need for battery changes or device sterilization.
• Accuracy: Clinically tested to conform with the ASTM E1112-00 standard, providing high accuracy (typically $\pm 0.1^\circ \text{C}$ or $\pm 0.2^\circ \text{F}$).
• Power Source: Powered by eco-friendly, thin, flexible carbon-zinc printed batteries which contain no hazardous substances, unlike common lithium batteries.

Products and Services Ecosystem

The TempTraq offering is a complete system that integrates the physical patch with cloud services and clinical software to enable remote and centralized patient monitoring.

1. The TempTraq Patch (The Device)

The physical product is the disposable sensor patch itself. Once activated and applied under the armpit, it begins monitoring and transmitting temperature data every few seconds. Its single-use nature is a critical factor in infection control, as it prevents cross-contamination often associated with reusable devices.

2. TempTraq Connect (Cloud Service)

TempTraq Connect is the central, secure platform that receives and manages all transmitted temperature data. * HIPAA Compliance: The service is built to be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the U.S., ensuring patient data privacy and security. * Google Healthcare Cloud Platform: The cloud service is supported by a robust, secure infrastructure, enabling scalability for single hospitals or multi-hospital systems. * Data Storage and Access: It provides a central, real-time repository for continuous temperature measurements and historical trending.

3. Software Applications and Integration

TempTraq offers different user interfaces tailored to the environment and user role.

• Clinician Mobile App and Web Portal: Enables nurses and doctors to monitor multiple patients simultaneously from a central station or a mobile device. The system uses color-coded alerts (e.g., green for normal, red for fever threshold) and provides audio/visual notifications for rising temperatures, allowing for rapid intervention.
• Consumer Mobile App: Designed for home users and caregivers to monitor themselves, their children, or loved ones remotely. It displays real-time and historical temperature data, allows for the logging of medication/food intake, and enables the sharing of data via email with physicians.
• Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration: The system is designed for seamless integration with existing hospital EHR and central monitoring systems. This eliminates the manual charting of temperature data by staff, significantly increasing productivity and reducing transcription errors.

Applications and Clinical Benefits

TempTraq's continuous monitoring provides significant clinical advantages over the standard intermittent temperature measurement, particularly in patient populations at high risk for infection or rapid physiological change.

1. Earlier Fever Detection and Intervention

Clinical studies (conducted at institutions like the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center) demonstrated that TempTraq can detect fever spikes significantly earlier (up to a median of 140 minutes earlier) than the traditional standard of care (typically manual checks every 4 hours). This early detection is vital for: * Sepsis Prevention and early treatment. * Oncology Patients (e.g., post-stem cell or bone marrow transplant) who are severely immunocompromised. * High-Dose Chemotherapy patients.

2. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

The wireless and cloud-connected nature of the system is ideal for RPM programs, supporting: * Hospital-at-Home: Monitoring patients recovering from surgery or infection in their homes, freeing up hospital beds. * Outpatient Monitoring: Tracking high-risk patients who require continuous vigilance but are not strictly inpatient. * Contagious Disease Monitoring: During public health crises (e.g., COVID-19), TempTraq allows for contact-free monitoring of quarantined patients and hospital staff, reducing the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) and minimizing direct exposure risk for healthcare workers.

3. Increased Patient Comfort and Staff Efficiency

By providing continuous, remote data, the system eliminates the need to wake sleeping or recovering patients for manual temperature measurements. This not only improves patient rest and comfort but also frees up valuable nursing staff time, allowing them to focus on direct patient care rather than routine data collection.