Respiro - Your personal respiratory assistant that correlates environment, medication, and symptoms in real time
Respiro
It represents an innovation in the digital management of chronic respiratory diseases: a mobile app that interfaces with smart inhalers to turn every inhalation into clinically relevant data, optimizing inhalation therapy.
Respiro technology
Automatically measures therapy adherence and inhalation technique, integrating them with real-time environmental data and patient-reported outcomes. A machine learning algorithm analyzes these patterns to generate personalized insights for each patient.
Respiro mobile app
It functions as a diary and digital coach for patients with asthma and COPD: provides smart reminders for medication use, assesses inhalation technique, and generates personalized alerts and advice for the patient. The platform supports remote monitoring by physicians and caregivers.
Context & Challenge
The analysis of the problem in the context of chronic respiratory diseases revealed three critical areas that Respiro needed to address to make a significant impact on patient health. Our focus was on creating a prototype Android application and a cloud platform.
01 Technical Challenge
Multi-sensor and multi-data source ecosystem
The main challenge was to synchronize data from Respiro sensors and external environmental APIs with low latency. The proposed architecture includes intelligent data caching for offline operation and end-to-end encryption. We developed a prototype synchronization protocol with exponential retry to optimize battery and connectivity.
02 Usability Challenge
Designing for users with respiratory limitations
We created a 'progressive disclosure' interface prototype that displays information step by step to avoid overwhelming the user. We studied app interactions to minimize them to the essential and optimize them based on the patient’s patterns.
03 Clinical Challenge
Turning data into clinically relevant actions
We collaborated with general practitioners and pulmonologists to study the interfaces for professionals, optimizing the management aspects and flagging recurrent patterns among the patient population to the professional.
Goal
Respiro needed to be not just a passive tracker but a proactive assistant capable of:
Prevent exacerbations through early identification of risk patterns
Improve adherence with personalized behavioral nudges and subtle gamification
Educate on technique by providing immediate feedback on inhalation quality
Connect the care ecosystem by facilitating patient-doctor-caregiver communication with objective data
Technological proposal
Given the already validated and certified Amiko hardware, our work focused on:
Prototype Android App
- Native application for Android in 3 languages (with roadmap for 5 languages)
- Smart notification system
- Caregiver mode with real-time dashboard and customizable alerts
- Simplified logger with optimized flows for acute episodes
- Clinically relevant data views (adherence, inhalation technique, rescue inhaler use)
Predictive insight system and behavioral coaching
A real competitive differentiator in the respiratory app market
- In-app display of data from Respiro MachineLearning for the identification of personalized triggers
- Contextual personalized messaging system based on detected evidence
Results Achieved
Increased therapy adherence
More mindful medication use
Improved therapy status awareness for the physician
Real-time therapy adherence monitoring
Assessment of the most effective treatments
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Implementation
8 months (32 weeks)
Analysis and documentation
Complete design of prototype app
Prototype app development
Testing and store launch (Google Play)
Short term
Following several clinical studies, Amiko achieved important clinical validations for its Respiro sensor platform and Respiro app, including increased therapy adherence, more mindful medication use, and improved awareness by the primary physician and/or reference pharmacist of individual patients’ therapy progress.
Airbag Studio proved to be an excellent and very supportive partner in the early stages of Respiro. They helped us turn our initial ideas into functional prototypes for both the mobile application and the cloud. Their work was crucial in laying the foundation for the project, before our internal team took over the platform’s full development.
Duilio Macchi
CEO
Project insights and outcomes
Winning
Improved patient engagement: the app identifies non-obvious patterns, building trust in the system’s intelligence and motivating continued use.
Challenge solved
The onboarding medication wizard reduces dropout: instead of manual entry of active ingredients, search by commercial brand + product image, automatic preselection based on the national formulary database, immediate visual confirmation reduces setup errors.
The difference of a partner specialized in digital healthcare
In the healthcare sector, selecting the right technology partner can determine the success or failure of a digital innovation. Airbag Studio stands out in the Italian and European landscape for a unique mix of expertise, methodologies, and tangible results that make the company the ideal partner for successful healthcare projects.
Design Thinking applied specifically to the healthcare sector
While many agencies apply generic methodologies, Airbag Studio has developed a Design Thinking approach specific to healthcare, documented and refined over years of experience. The company understands that, in healthcare, users only invest time in new digital tools if they clearly solve real problems. Their process always starts from direct dialogue with patients, doctors, nurses, and caregivers, generating solutions that address real everyday challenges rather than perceived issues.
Proven track record with medical device industry leaders
The credibility of Airbag Studio is demonstrated by successful collaborations with industry-leading medical device companies. Empatica, a pioneer in health monitoring wearables, chose Airbag for the design of its mobile applications, praising "the expertise and experience that led to a refined design and quality user experience." Amiko, specialized in solutions for respiratory therapy management, entrusted Airbag with the development of version 2.0 of its Respiro app, highlighting the company's ability to focus on the patient experience while following the latest native mobile development guidelines.
Specific technical expertise for healthcare innovation
Airbag Studio is not just an app development agency but a center of excellence for healthcare-critical technologies. The team is proficient in Bluetooth integration with medical devices, telemedicine systems development, and integration with wearables and activity trackers. This specialized technical expertise drastically reduces project risks and accelerates the time-to-market for innovative solutions.
Structured methodology that accelerates innovation
Airbag Studio's 6-phase process (Kickoff, Definition, Implementation, Execution, Control, Closure) has been specifically optimized to make "the journey from idea to market launch linear, short, and efficient." In a sector where delays in innovation can mean lost lives or missed opportunities, Airbag's ability to accelerate development while maintaining high quality standards is a crucial competitive advantage.
Multidisciplinary team that understands healthcare complexity
The Airbag team brings together designers, developers, strategists, and problem solvers in a truly multidisciplinary approach. This diversity of expertise is essential in healthcare, where solutions must balance clinical requirements, user needs, regulatory constraints, and technological innovation. The ability to "design complex applications that work in the simplest way possible" is especially critical in healthcare, where users often operate under stress or in emergency situations.
Commitment to social innovation and well-being
Airbag Studio explicitly declares its commitment to "investing and dedicating more and more time to the development of apps for health, well-being, and social innovation." This corporate mission aligned with healthcare sector goals means that clients get more than a supplier—they get a partner genuinely interested in the long-term success of the solutions developed.
End-to-end experience from prototype to market
Airbag Studio offers comprehensive capabilities that cover the entire digital healthcare product lifecycle: from prototyping for validation, to the development of complete ecosystems, integration with web management systems, through to deployment in app stores and continuous maintenance. This end-to-end capability eliminates the need to coordinate multiple vendors, reducing complexity, costs, and risks.
The competitive advantage of Airbag Studio
Choosing Airbag Studio for a healthcare project means relying on a partner who combines
Validated methodologies specifically for the healthcare sector
Quality certifications that ensure compliance and reliability
Proven experience with medical device industry leaders
Specialized technical expertise in healthcare-critical technologies
User-centered approach that puts patients and healthcare professionals at the center
Innovative vision aligned with health improvement goals
In a field where mistakes are not an option and innovation can save lives, Airbag Studio is the safe choice to turn innovative ideas into digital solutions that truly make a difference in people's lives.
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