Founded by an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, engineers, and business operators Angulus is organized around addressing discrete unmet needs with simple, elegant solutions. The companys initial focus has been to address the problem of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and other hospital acquired conditions by improving provider behavior and compliance with patient elevation guidelines. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia is a cause of morbidity and mortality across ICU units. Guidelines recommend that ventilated patients be positioned at 30 to 45 degrees in order to reduce the risk of VAP, but compliance among providers remains poor. Furthermore, patients often slide down hospital beds, mitigating the benefit of head of bed angle compliance. Based on IP owned by the company, Angulus is the only device that attaches to the patients chest wall, evaluates real-time patient angle, and integrates with existing ICU systems to signal providers when patients slide outside of the desired recumbency.
