Meet two young engineers striving to free up hospital beds.
Two hundred days in a hospital bed is a long time to think.
For liver transplant patient turned entrepreneur Robert Quinn, it sparked the most exciting idea of his career.
"I was just lying there, and I realised basically the only reason I was there is because they needed to monitor my vitals," the Sydney based co-founder said.
"It was extremely mentally taxing especially as I was a uni student at the time. Even one extra day out of hospital would have meant the world to me."
Skip to five years out of hospital and Quinn and co-founder Wei-Jien Tan are winning grants for their vital signs monitoring patch, which they hope will help users stay healthy while not being bound to a hospital room.
The latest grant is $40,000 from St George's Kick Start program. The money is a boost and contributes to a base built on $25,000 from Jobs for NSW, $40,000 from muru-D accelerator and personal funds.
"It's exhilarating and stressful," said Quinn who studied mechatronic engineering and biomedical science and only started on the company full time four months ago. Read more
Bhakthi Puvanenthiran - Brisbane Times - 22 July 2017
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