The Smartinhaler Lite App is a companion application for use with one or more Smartinhaler devices. The Smartinhaler Lite App is provided by a company called Adherium.
A Smartinhaler device is an electronic device that installs onto a patient’s medication inhaler that has been prescribed for the treatment of asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, or another chronic respiratory disease. Smartinhalers are manufactured by Adherium.
The Smartinhaler Lite App provides:
• A view of paired Smartinhaler devices;
• Visibility as to the last time the Smartinhaler(s) synced with the Lite App and battery status of the Smartinhaler at the time of the sync.
The Smartinhaler device has been clinically proven to record medication usage with 97-100% accuracy1-6.
The Smartinhaler Lite App will be of value to investigators and researchers in the provision of real-time medication usage data. Note, the Smartinhaler Lite App provides no feedback to the user on medication usage.
This Smartinhaler App requires a SmartinhalerLive account that is also provided by Adherium. For more information on these please visit www.smartinhaler.com.
Within the United States, Smartinhaler devices are available by prescription only.
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3 Foster et al. (2012). The reliability and patient acceptability of the SmartTrack device: a new electronic monitor and reminder device for metered dose inhalers. Journal of Asthma, 49, no. 6: 657-662.
4 Pilcher et al. (2015). Three-month validation of a turbuhaler electronic monitoring device: implications for asthma clinical trial use. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2, no. 1: e000097. doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2015-000097
5 Gradinarsky et al. (2014). Inhalation adherence monitoring using Smart electronic add-on device. 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth). http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/icst.mobihealth.2014.257364.
6 Patel et al. (2013). Use of metered-dose inhaler electronic monitoring in a real-world asthma randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 1, no. 1: 83-91.