With an estimated annual cost to the British economy of £3.7 billion, stress has been labelled the curse of the 21st century, leading to the loss of over 10 million working days each year (UK Health & Safety Executive, 2013). Optimising stress levels through programmes of vigilance and monitoring has, therefore, become essential in many industries. Oxford MediStress, a spin out company from the University of Oxford, has commercialised a novel in vitro blood test device which provides the first objective, rapid, quantitative measurement of stress. Our patented test is a blood test with a difference: with just a tiny drop of blood our system provides a numerical measurement of stress levels in just 10 minutes. It is painless, rapid and extremely robust meaning that it can and should be used on a regular basis.\r\nSome key facts about our company and technology:
The company is a spin-out from the University of Oxford (where the technology was originally developed),
The technology is protected by patents which have been granted in our key markets, including Europe, USA,& Japan,
Numerous scientific articles reporting the use of this measurement technology have been published in peer-reviewed journals,
A number of Blue Chip companies are using the technology in a wide variety of applications,
The technology provides actionable results in 10 minutes from a finger prick drop of blood,
This is the only point-of-care (real time) stress measurement system that provides objective, actionable data this quickly.
Click on the various links on this page to see how our proprietary method can be used for your applications.
Allowing continual management of athletes’ stress levels, training loads can be adjusted to individual athletes resulting in a longer, sustained, targeted period of training
