iTeMoS is here to provide accurate and continuous core body temperature (CBT) monitoring solutions for sports, health, and medical needs - all in a convenient and non-invasive manner!

Our bodies maintain a close and specific range of core body temperature (CBT) through thermoregulation so that we can function healthily throughout the day, however this optimal range is often challenged by physiological, environmental, or even clinical reasons which may be detrimental to our fitness, cognition performance or even health. In severe instances, extreme CBT deviation may even be lethal.

The need for continuous monitoring of CBT is evident. However, convenient, non-invasive CBT sensing technologies today are not continuous, and can only provide occasional snapshots of the body's thermal status at best. When the body is physiologically challenged, these devices may not provide a good representation on how CBT changes over time nor can they provide immediate feedbacks to the users when necessary. Current CBT sensing technologies that are accurate yet continuous are either invasive or costly. Examples of such devices include the rectal and oesophagus probes, or the single-used telemetric temperature capsules that are commonly used in research settings.

Numerous studies have shown that the ear can be a viable surrogate measurement site for CBT. However, technology advancement and development for continuous CBT monitoring via the ear has been largely hampered by inconsistencies due to the inherent anatomy of the ear canal. Specifically, the relative depth by which the temperature sensor is placed in the aural canal can be a trade-off between sensor accuracy and safety, with temperature readings being more accurate at the expense of user safety when the sensor is situated closer to the tympanic membrane for prolonged monitoring. Our proprietary technology overcomes this problem by using multi-sensors derived algorithms to achieve the best of both worlds, giving stream to accurate CBT readings continuously without any user discomfort and safety concerns.

The technology is jointly developed by the Department of Physiology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, in collaboration with a Hong Kong Designated Local Research Institution, Well Being Digital Limited (WBD101). A full-scale human research trial has since been completed in NUS, Department of Physiology, to refine the technology based on gold standard rectal temperature measured in the laboratory. The end product from the trial is a wireless earpiece device which could provide continuous accurate CBT readings with no discernible safety issues or discomfort reported throughout the trials.

It is from this endeavor that iTeMoS is conceived. In iTeMoS, short for intelligent Temperature Monitoring Systems, we aim to bring the novel technology to every facet of life where CBT monitoring can save and improve lives.

"These are exciting times as our proprietary technology would help to make continuous CBT monitoring more accessible to everyone in need of it." says Dr. Low, the Principal Investigator from NUS Medicine who led the human research trial that founded the technology.

Ka Sing Choo, Co-founder "We want our technology and solution to CBT to be pervasive. Any industry and company with heat related injuries or issues, medical devices manufacturers, medical AI experts and healthcare institutions will have a need for our technology. We will be able to work with them to take advantage of this technology to bring the benefits to these industry's workforce and also enhance the offering of the medical and healthcare institutions."

"Our journey begins, everything that requires CBT monitoring will be an opportunity for iTeMoS to bring solutions to save and better manage healthier lives" Benjamin Tio, Co-founder said

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About the National University of Singapore (NUS)
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university, which offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore, with more than 40,000 students from 100 countries enriching our vibrant and diverse campus community. We have also established our NUS Overseas Colleges programme in more than 15 cities around the world.
Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, 30 university- level research institutes, research centres of excellence and corporate labs focus on themes that include energy; environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases; active ageing; advanced materials; risk management and resilience of financial systems; Asian studies; and Smart Nation capabilities such as artificial intelligence, data science, operations research and cybersecurity.
For more information on NUS, please visit www.nus.edu.sg


About the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine)
The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is Singapore's first and largest medical school. Our enduring mission centres on nurturing highly competent, values-driven and inspired healthcare professionals to transform the practice of medicine and improve health around the world.

Through a dynamic and future-oriented five-year curriculum that is inter-disciplinary and inter-professional in nature, our students undergo a holistic learning experience that exposes them to multiple facets of healthcare and prepares them to become visionary leaders and compassionate doctors and nurses of tomorrow. Since the School's founding in 1905, more than 12,000 graduates have passed through our doors.

In our pursuit of health for all, our strategic research programmes focus on innovative, cutting-edge biomedical research with collaborators around the world to deliver high impact solutions to benefit human lives.

The School is the oldest institution of higher learning in the National University of Singapore and a founding institutional member of the National University Health System. It is Asia's leading medical school and ranks among the best in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 by subject and the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by subject 2021).
For more information about NUS Medicine, please visit http://nusmedicine.nus.edu.sg


About Well Being Digital WBD101
Founded in 2012, WBD101 is a Hong Kong based company whose first patents are dated back to 2008, incubated by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), it has offices in HKSTP and Shenzhen so as to provide very timely support to B2B customers during their product designs, testing and production stages. WBD101 focuses on very sophisticated SmartBody Sensing Technology. Over the years, WBD101 won numerous international awards including the Best Wearable Mobile Tech Awards at the Mobile World Congress 2016, Special & Gold Awards at the 43rd Geneva Inventions Conventions, 2016 WITSA Global ICT Award and the inaugural HK City I&T Grand Challenge Innovation Award.
For more information about WBD101, please visit
http://www.wbd101.com/ or contact: salesint@wbd101.com

About iTeMoS Pte Ltd
iTeMoS as a company, is formed to spearhead the joint research collaboration between Well Being Digital (WBD101) and the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine). The resulting brainchild is an accurate temperature sensing technology for continuous, non-invasive monitoring of core body temperature through the ears. iTeMoS will promote the technology from this collaboration through licensing for co-creating products and also having it's own medically certified products, amongst other routes to market.
For more information about iTeMoS, please visit www.itemos.com or contact: bentio@itemos.com

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