Working at Demcon

Commercial experience Medical devices Optimisation techniques Multi-variable control

was an astounding experience for me. Demcon was at the time developing the NanoCore, a miniaturised medical device for non-invasive continuous blood pressure monitoring. It uses an inflatable finger cuff that measures the artery diameter, which is then used to estimate the blood pressure.

My work involved implementing an in silico physiological model of the human finger to validate the performance of the NanoCore. I used measurements from human volunteers to estimate the parameters of my model using multi-variable optimisation techniques. I eventually deployed the model on an electronic microcontroller platform that was used to simulate human fingers with known physiology and test the resulting measurements of the NanoCore.

The insights gained from this project and the improvements I proposed eventually found their way in the design of the measuring device. Demcon has used the outcomes of my project to certify the device.

Working at Demcon gave me a hands-on experience on product development and the routine of working at a high-tech company. I learned how to effectively communicate and collaborate with colleagues, and how to support each other when in need even if each one was working on a different project.