Maniatopoulos, Gregory
Haining, Shona
Allen, John
Wilkes, Scott
Funding for this research was provided by:
Invention for Innovation (II-C1-0412-20003)
Article History
Received: 6 February 2019
Accepted: 28 August 2019
First Online: 6 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: A positive ethical opinion was obtained from Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (ref: 00831/2015). NHS Research Ethics approval was not required for this study as per the Health Research Authority guidance. All participants who were interviewed provided written consent.
: Not applicable
: Between 2014 and 2018 Dr. John Allen was the Chief Investigator on an NIHR i4i funded grant (II-C1–0412-20003) to develop a miniaturized version of multi-site photoplethysmography (MPPG) based device - specifically for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) detection in a primary care setting. He is a co-author on 2 published patents in relation to the technology. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.