Medical App Development: OpenAir Med

Services: iOS, Android, R&D, Discovery, UX & UI Design, Strategy
Sector: Healthcare & Medical, IoT & Connected Devices

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The most impressive thing to us was Sonin's personal touch, appetite to understand our mission, and to put that same care into producing an app that is going to change people's lives. We really have nothing but praise for Sonin, they went truly above and beyond for us.

CEO – MedTech Startup

The Challenge

Every week, over 10,000 people are diagnosed with a respiratory illness. These are conditions that affect work, exercise, relationships and mental health.

OpenAir Med was founded by paediatrician Dr Don Butler and his son to give patients control. Their idea was to pair a portable device that records peak flow and lung capacity with an app that feeds that data back instantly.

They needed a partner who could handle the device integrations and the full platform experience, and build a flexible foundation for future personalised care.

Why it Mattered

Patient Independence

People living with respiratory conditions should be able to live safe, uninhibited lives without worrying about their next attack.

Personalised Care

Patients have long been grouped by illness and given generic advice. Individual data makes tailored, proactive care possible.

Pressure on the NHS

Helping patients manage their own conditions, where appropriate, reduces demand on stretched clinical services.

A Foundation for Scale

The platform had to support future features and a growing dataset of seasonal and condition-based trends.

How we Helped

Discovery & Hardware Partnership

OpenAir Med was still defining its platform and had no hardware providers in place. Sonin brought in a partner to manage hardware procurement alongside app development, which made progress much faster.

UX/UI Design

Designed a seamless set-up, so users can register and take their first reading in minutes, with a traffic-light system that makes every result easy to understand.

Build & Integration

Built native iOS and Android apps and a back end to view collected data. Every reading is automatically enriched with location, weather and pollution data through device and third-party integrations.

Agile Delivery

Worked in focused sprints with a consistent core team, keeping a deep understanding of the business while the wider team flexed to each challenge.

The Impact

OpenAir Med shows alerts users when their lung health is at risk and why.

Each reading builds a picture of the environmental triggers most likely to affect them, giving patients, doctors and health coaches the insight to act early.

Now in closed beta, the platform is building a dataset of seasonal and condition-based trends that will power proactive, personalised healthcare at scale.

Sonin continues to support and enhance the app as OpenAir Med moves into hardware production.

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