11th June 2018

CloudCair to present its latest product

Wrexham based company CloudCair is to present its latest product at the two-day conference to celebrate the opening of the North Wales Clinical Research Centre (NWCRC) which is being held in the Ramada, Wrexham on the 14th of June.

CloudCair which is a joint venture between a local Healthcare company and IT provider has produced the World’s first internet connected pressure care mattress. The mattress which has remote monitoring and diagnostics using ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) technology will detect and prevent mattress failure which can lead to pressure sores. In susceptible people, a full thickness pressure ulcer can develop in just one hour –  a much shorter time than it takes to diagnose and repair an issue with existing equipment.

The presentation by Jeremy Jones, CloudCair’s Technical Director will highlight the unique benefits of the patented CloudCair system which will release nursing time from the maintenance of equipment to the care of patients. “The human cost of wounds is measured in pain, distress, embarrassment, anxiety, prolonged hospital stays, chronic morbidity or even death. Much of this suffering is preventable”.

Pressure sores in the UK cost the NHS around £5 billion per year equivalent to the money spent on cancer care and despite being largely preventable, Wales recorded 1119 occurrences in both the supervised community care and hospital environments. The cost to treat each ulcer can range anywhere from eight thousand to nearly fifteen thousand pounds and can more than double the length of stay in hospital. It is also trebled the number of readmissions over the last six years.

CloudCair has already shipped units to Australia and has interest from the US, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain and the Middle East. Managing Director, Phil Spiby said “Whilst it is flattering to have interest in our product around the world – it is particularly satisfying to be involved with innovation at our local NHS trust”

The North Wales Clinical Research Centre is a BCUHB Research & Development initiative, working in collaboration with Glyndwr University, Bangor University, Celtic Advanced Life Science Innovation Network (CALIN), and the Life Sciences Hub Wales.