Chicago University researchers, through medical technology company Quant, aim to bring a new cardiac arrest warning system into hospitals.

Quant HC, a US-based medical technology startup, is commercialising technology created by the Chicago University to detect cardiac arrests before they happen.

The company is currently taking part in the US-based health technology incubator Matter.

The system developed monitors a large number of inputs from the patient, from current heart rate to kidney function and respiratory rate. From these inputs it is able to create a single numeric figure which relates to that patient’s likelihood to have a cardiac arrest.