UW Researchers Have Developed an App That Can Sense When an Opioid Overdose Has Occurred (IMAGE)

University of Washington

UW Researchers Have Developed an App That Can Sense When an Opioid Overdose Has Occurred

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Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a cellphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone's breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.

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Mark Stone/University of Washington

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