Rutuja Salvi

Rutuja Salvi, is a Research and Development Engineer at IDTM GmbH. She graduated with a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering. She is one of the winners of the INNOHEALTH USA 2021 campaign initiative by Research in Germany and has recently been awarded the Life Science Venture Market for her project BODYTUNE at Stiftung Charite BIH Entrepreneurship Summit 2021. BODYTUNE empowers people worldwide to monitor their carotid artery's state and improve overall health using an inexpensive audio sensor and their own smartphone. AI-based self-learning algorithms generate a patient-specific carotid profile and analyze the data to support the users in improving their physical activity, diets and, consequently, their overall health. The system allows early diagnosis of arterial diseases thus avoiding emergencies and saving resources.