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The SimpleSense Platform is intended for use at home, a healthcare facility, or medical research organization under the direction of a licensed medical professional to record, display, and store the following physiological data: a) 2 leads of Electrocardiogram; b) Respiration rate measured through thoracic impedance; c) Heart Sounds; d) Activity including posture; e) Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and f) other validated data sources. The SimpleSense Platform is intended for use when the licensed medical professional decides to evaluate the physiologic signals of adult patients as an aid to diagnosis and treatment. The SimpleSense Platform is intended to be used by patients at rest with a stationary torso. ECG recordings are indicated for the manual assessment of cardiac rhythm disturbances.

The SimpleSense Platform does not produce alarms and is not intended for active patient monitoring. The SimpleSense Platform is not intended for use as life supporting equipment on high-risk patients such as critical care patients. The SimpleSense Platform is not intended for use in the presence of a pacemaker.

The SimpleSense-BP software application is intended to estimate, display and store blood pressure data on adult patients who are twenty two (22) years and older. The SimpleSense-BP can be used after a clinician determines the user's hypertension classification via an auscultatory blood pressure cuff measurement. The Blood Pressure algorithm uses patient specific information (age, gender, height and weight) and the blood pressure measurement as inputs. SimpleSense-BP is used to provide blood pressure estimations derived from physiological sensors to qualified medical personnel as a complimentary physiological feature for the purposes of assessing a patient's cardiac health and variance.

The SimpleSense-BP Software Application accesses the physiological parameters like ECG, heart sounds, and thoracic impedance captured by the SimpleSense Device for processing into the vital sign outputs of the product which includes estimation of Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure. The software uses recorded data from the SimpleSense electronics module as inputs into a validated computational model for estimating blood pressure over the period of wear. The system samples blood pressure while the user is at rest. In addition, SimpleSense-BP Software utilizes inputs such as demographic information (age, weight, height, and gender) and a blood pressure measurement for clinical stratification to the algorithm. The blood pressure outputs are returned to the SimpleSense Mobile Application and/or SimpleSense webserver for display, review and interpretation by a physician.

The Nanowear SimpleSense system is a non-invasive, wearable, and portable medical device for the evaluation and monitoring of patients. It utilizes physiologic and biometric sensors embedded in a garment and an electronics module to gather the heart health data. The specific physiological parameters recorded by the device include: two vectors of Electrocardiogram (ECG), respiratory rate though thoracic impedance, heart sounds, and activity including posture. The signals are recorded by the electronics module on a removable data storage card and are periodically transferred to a smartphone mobile application that connects to the electronics module over a wireless Bluetooth connection. The mobile application provides the functionality of transferring the data collected by the electronics module then relaying the data to the Nanowear web server for display of the data by a physician.

The provided text describes the acceptance criteria and study proving the performance of the SimpleSense-BP software application for blood pressure estimation.

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Acceptance Criteria and Device Performance

1. Table of Acceptance Criteria and Reported Device Performance

The acceptance criteria for the SimpleSense-BP algorithm are based on the ISO 81060-2 standard for non-invasive sphygmomanometers. The reported performance refers to the accuracy of the device's blood pressure estimations compared to reference measurements.

2. Sample Size Used for the Test Set and Data Provenance

• Sample Size for Induced Change Test: 149 subjects in total were identified, with 147 subjects having usable data. The study ensured at least 10 subjects had a change in BP of at least 15 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diastolic for each of the 4 models used by the device.
• Sample Size for Accuracy over Calibration Period Test: 91 subjects. The study enrolled subjects until at least 85 subjects were included and at least 21 subjects in each clinical stratification (Normal, Prehypertension, Stage 1 hypertension, and Stage 2 hypertension) were represented.
• Data Provenance: The document does not explicitly state the country of origin. It indicates that blood pressure variations were induced using physical activity and thermal stimuli, and auscultatory reference measurements were used for validation, suggesting a prospective study design.

3. Number of Experts Used to Establish the Ground Truth for the Test Set and Qualifications of Those Experts

The document states that "auscultatory reference measurements were used to validate the SimpleSense-BP algorithm." This implies a clinical setting where blood pressure is manually measured by trained personnel, typically healthcare professionals, using a cuff. However, the exact number of experts, their specific qualifications (e.g., "radiologist with 10 years of experience"), or the method of their involvement (e.g., individual readings, consensus) are not specified in the provided text.

4. Adjudication Method for the Test Set

The document does not describe a formal adjudication method (e.g., 2+1, 3+1, none) for the test set. The ground truth was established by "auscultatory reference measurements," which usually implies direct clinical measurement rather than adjudicated review of digital data.

5. If a Multi-Reader Multi-Case (MRMC) Comparative Effectiveness Study Was Done

No. The provided text describes a standalone performance study comparing the device's output to a gold standard (auscultatory measurements), not a comparative effectiveness study involving human readers with and without AI assistance. Therefore, there is no mention of an effect size for human reader improvement with AI assistance.

6. If a Standalone (i.e., Algorithm Only Without Human-in-the-Loop Performance) Was Done

Yes. The entire performance testing section (Section 11) is dedicated to evaluating the "SimpleSense-BP algorithm" against auscultatory reference measurements. This represents a standalone (algorithm only) performance evaluation.

7. The Type of Ground Truth Used

The type of ground truth used is auscultatory blood pressure cuff measurements, which is considered the gold standard for non-invasive blood pressure measurement.

8. The Sample Size for the Training Set

The sample size for the training set is not specified. The document explicitly states, "There was no overlap of subjects between the training and test data sets i.e., none of the measurements from subjects in the training data set were included in the test data set and vice versa," confirming that a training set was used but not detailing its size.

9. How the Ground Truth for the Training Set Was Established

The document does not explicitly state how the ground truth for the training set was established. However, given that the validation uses "auscultatory reference measurements" as the gold standard, it is highly probable that the training data's ground truth was established using the same (or a similar and equally robust) method of auscultatory blood pressure measurements.

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