FOR RESEARCH & CLINICAL TRIALS
RESP® Biosensor
Continuous cough monitoring and lung acoustics for stronger insights in life sciences
FDA 510(k) Class II | CE Mark | HIPAA Compliant

Research Solution Overview
The RESP® Biosensor System enables sponsors and researchers to measure treatment effects on cough, lung sounds, and additional metrics in daily life alongside patient-reported outcomes.
- Patient-Friendly: A wireless, discreet form factor that respects patient comfort and lifestyle
- Comprehensive Data: Collects all lung sounds including cough, wheeze and crackles alongside physiological data enabled by an inertial measurement unit.
- Validated Reporting: Our qualified and trained annotation team ensures reporting meets endpoint requirements.

RESP® Biosensor Measures
Cough Monitoring
24-Hour Cough Frequency, Intensity* and Bouts
Lung Sounds
Wheeze, Rhonchi, Crackles
Additional Insights*
Respiratory Rate, Heart Rate, Chest Excursions, Activity Levels, Sleep/Wake
*Measurement not FDA cleared but may be collected in clinical trials
Metrics-at-a-Glance
1M+
Lung Sounds Captured
30M+
Breaths Captured
32
Countries
35
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Why the RESP® Biosensor System?
Privacy & Security
Incorporates end-to-end encryption and speech obfuscation to preserve patient privacy
Accelerated Data Turnaround
Cloud-based syncs from paired mobile phones allow for remote data uploads, streamlining subject reporting
High Fidelity & Integrity
FDA 510(k) class II medical device for capturing lung sounds, including cough
Patient-Friendly
Wireless, discreet biosensor secured by a gentle and breathable adhesive
Comprehensive Insights
Collects a robust combination of respiratory and physiological data to provide a more complete respiratory picture
More Than a Cough Monitor
Using a combination of audio and motion data, the RESP Biosensor unlocks valuable insight across multiple indications, offering a more complete picture of subjects’ respiratory status and health-related quality of life alongside PROs.
Cough | Wheeze | Crackles | Respiratory Rate* | Heart Rate* | Activity Level* | Orientation* | |
Chronic Cough | |||||||
IPF | |||||||
Bronchitis | |||||||
COPD | |||||||
Asthma | |||||||
RSV | |||||||
Covid-19 | |||||||
Heart Failure |
- Chronic Cough
- IPF
- Bronchitis
- COPD
- Asthma
- RSV
- Covid-19
- Heart Failure
*Measurement not FDA cleared but may be collected in clinical trials
Flexible Reporting—Automated or Human Annotation
- Strados Labs’ trained and qualified annotation team identifies and counts cough and lung sounds from subject recordings to meet primary endpoint requirements.
- Our CoughCheck™ machine learning algorithm*, trained on over 200,000 coughs, has demonstrated strong accuracy in cough detection and is available for applications such as high-volume screening or exploratory endpoints.
*Algorithm not FDA-cleared but may be used in clinical trials
Visual spectrograms of lung sound events facilitate overread for trained annotators
Cough
Wheeze
Crackles
Patient-Friendly Form Factor
- Unobtrusive, wireless form factor reduces patient burden in clinical trials.
- 3M Tegaderm dressing, gentle and breathable, is used to adhere biosensor to chest
- Discreet design helps ensure patients behave naturally, capturing authentic symptom data that mirrors real-life conditions and minimizes the Hawthorne effect.
Publications
View our clinical validation, whitepapers and case studies
Cough Detection Performance of the CoughCheck Algorithm in Subjects with Subacute Cough
Poster Presentation, American Thoracic Society, 2025
Poster Presentation, American Cough Conference, 2023
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