Health & Med Tech
HEARTwise
Heart Failure Assessment with Reliable Technology using Wearables and In-vitro diagnostics.
About the Programme
HEARTwise: Heart Failure Assessment with Reliable Technology using Wearables and In Vitro Diagnostics, is a multidisciplinary research programme focused on improving the early detection and management of heart failure. The programme develops a clinically reliable, non-invasive monitoring platform that integrates wearable mobility sensing, AI-based analysis of heart and lung sounds, and additional digital biomarkers.
Heart failure is a major cause of mortality, disability and hospitalisation worldwide. In Singapore, it affects approximately 2.5% of the population, frequently develops at a younger age and is associated with high rates of rehospitalisation. HEARTwise aims to identify early signs of clinical decompensation in ambulant patients, enabling timely intervention before emergency care or hospital admission becomes necessary.
By combining deep learning, acoustic signal processing and multimodal sensor fusion, the programme seeks to transform episodic clinical assessment into continuous, secure and patient-centred monitoring. The resulting technologies will be evaluated through clinical studies and designed for integration into Singapore’s existing healthcare ecosystem.
Key Objectives
Heart failure; single molecule detection; acoustic cardiopulmonary monitoring; deep learning; multimodal sensor fusion; early decompensation detection.
Programme Details
Status
Active
Domain
Biomedical & Health
Funding Body
Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF)
Partners
TUM, TUMCREATE, CADENCE/NUHS, National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), CREATE and MedTech industry partners
Research Team
Principal Investigators
- Prof. Dr. Oliver Hayden — Lead PI, TUM — oliver.hayden@tum.de
- Assoc. Prof. Mark Chan — Lead PI, NUS — mdccyym@nus.edu.sg
- Prof. Dr. Martin Daumer — Team PI, TUM — martin.daumer@tum.de
- Dr. Eimo Martens — Team PI, TUM Hospital — eimo.martens@tum.de
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Seeber — Team PI, TUM — bernhard.seeber@tum.de
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Steinhorst — Team PI, TUM — sebastian.steinhorst@tum.de
Collaborators
- Michael Weber — Collaborator, Cosinuss
- Oliver Alexy — Collaborator, TUM
- Nikkil Sudharasanan — Collaborator, TUM
Partners
- Mark Chan — Cardiology & Heart Failure (NUHS)
- Derek Hausenloy — Cardiology & Metabolism (NHCS)
- Lim Chwee Teck — CT Lim Research Group, MechanoBioEngineering Laboratory (NUS)
Researchers at TUMCREATE
- Dr. İsmail Bütün — Lead Researcher — ismail.butun@tum-create.edu.sg
- Miro Moffett — Research Associate (PhD Student) — miro.moffett@tum-create.edu.sg