July 10, 2019
Incentive Spirometry Video Games
Introducing ZEPHYRx
It's amazing what a few deep breaths can do.
The ZEPHYRx™ platform combines incentive spirometry with an engaging selection of breath-driven video games, encouraging more frequent usage, and better patient outcomes.
Better Breathing Can Lead to Healthier Patients
Fun, diverse breathing games keep patients engaged. Patients control the game play with their breath, following on screen prompts to inhale/hold/exhale via the bluetooth connected spirometer. This elicits greater participation and patient adherence to their prescribed respiratory therapy.
DATA-DRIVEN ENGAGEMENT
ZEPHYRx Features
World-Class Design
ZEPHYRx features over 15 breath-powered games, including golf, slot machines, car racing, and fishing. There's something for everyone. And we use a fully FDA & CE medically cleared device for all game play.
Adapts to your breath capacity
Our games automatically adapt to your current breath capacity. We adjust the difficulty level based on your game play results.
Multi-Platform Compatibility
ZEPHYRx works on mobile phones (Apple iPhone & Android) as well as tablets (Apple iPad and Android). Download them from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store!
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Results sent to your healthcare team
With your consent we save and transmit the results of your breathing exercises to your electronic health record (EHR) for review by your entire health care team.
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Video games increase pain tolerance
As shown in multiple studies, video games increase pain tolerance through active distraction which in turns increases game plan duration.
(Jameson, Trevena, and Swain, Electronic
gaming as pain distraction, 2011)
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Large clinical trial
Our games are tested within a large NIH-sponsored clinical trial with over 300 patients focusing on post-operative surgery recovery and children with cystic fibrosis
MULTI-PLATFORM / Breath-powered
ZEPHYRx Games
15
Breath-driven games
2
NIH-sponsored Clinical Trials
100%
Results delivered to EHR
300
Patient Clinical Trial
ZEPHYRx Quick Facts
Our NIH-sponsored clinical trial investigates the efficacy of video games for respiratory therapy in reducing post-surgery atelectasis, which can be a leading indicator of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
ZEPHYRX TEAM
Executive Leadership
Dwight Cheu
CEO
Silicon Valley exec (7 positive exits) with successful market introductions of Oracle v6 database, Tony Hawk & Spiderman on mobile, & big-data analytics.
Michael DiCesare
President
Principal Investigator on our clinical trials. Proven sales professional. Holder of multiple patents and trademarks.
Sue Whalen
Chairperson
Committed successful operations executive, primary ZEPHYRx investor and majority owner. Has grown her business from $0 to $500M.
Advisory Board
Robert Barry
Medical Device Startup Entrepreneur
Robert has over 30 years of experience in all facets of medical device companies including founding medical device companies, securing funding for medical device companies as CEO and inventing novel solutions used to start and build value in companies as CTO.
Frank DeBernardis
Founder & Operating Partner, Gore Range Capital
Frank has more than 40 years of medical therapeutic and diagnostic device experience with deep relationships and expertise in cardiovascular, orthopedic, aesthetics, and wound care. He served as National Sales Manager for Medtronic, Inc., where he converted the Medtronic distributor network to a fully integrated direct salesforce.
Rachael Hagan
President & CEO, NephroDI Therapeutics
Rachael is a recognized leader with a demonstrated track record of commercializing early-stage technology out of universities. Ms. Hagan is experienced in promoting emerging technologies and businesses to investors with a strong track record of identifying, planning, and implementing strategic partnerships.
Robert Newman
Rob Newman, MS, MBA, RAC has over 35 years’ experience in the medical device arena. He has held roles in Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs and Quality. Most recently he was the Sr. Director for Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care.
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Our mission is to empower patients to actively manage and improve their own health, both in-hospital and at home, through leading edge technology including video games and virtual reality.
And healthier patients mean faster discharges, fewer re-admissions, and a reduction in reliance on pain
medications.
