Healthcare Simulation Software Case-Study

About the Project

VitalsBridge is designed to make medical simulation training more realistic and accessible. The system simulates patient vital signs on real hospital-grade monitors, which allows trainees to see how conditions change during treatment. Medical students and professionals can practice clinical decision-making on the vital signs simulator. It happens in a safe environment where mistakes do not affect real patients. Depending on the hardware model, VitalsBridge can simulate oxygen saturation, invasive and non-invasive blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and other respiratory physiological parameters. This setup helps learners connect theory with practice and better understand how patient conditions evolve during treatment.

How VitalsBridge works

VitalsBridge supports standardized patient simulation and manikin-based medical simulation training, making it suitable for a wide range of clinical education scenarios. • Low-fidelity manikins. Basic training models such as CPR torsos or IV arms. • Mid-fidelity manikins. Full-body models that simulate patients, but with limited interaction. • High-fidelity manikins. Advanced systems that respond to interventions and simulate complex patient reactions. The medical simulation software connects the simulator hardware to a real clinical monitor and the selected training setup. Trainees can watch vital signs change in real time, just as they would in a hospital environment. Unlike many simulation systems that require dedicated displays, VitalsBridge works with existing hospital monitoring equipment. This makes the solution more cost-effective and easier to adopt for universities, simulation labs, hospitals, and healthcare training centers.

Key features

Simulated vital signs displayed on real hospital monitors

Support for standardized patients and simulation manikins

Compatibility with existing monitoring equipment

Real-time communication between hardware and mobile apps

Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity

Scalable architecture for long-term product growth

Project Goals & Our Role

We joined the project to support the development and evolution of the VitalsBridge platform. Our team worked on the mobile applications and helped improve the way the system communicates with its hardware components.

Our key objectives included

Developing a stable Android application.

Supporting the development of the iOS application.

Improving connectivity between software and simulator hardware.

Updating the platform architecture to ensure long-term reliability.

Improving Bluetooth communication for faster and more stable connections.

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Axel Vanraes — tech co-founder at Tiro.health

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Challenges and Solutions

As the VitalsBridge platform evolved, our role expanded from Android development to improving the underlying architecture and connectivity required for reliable patient monitor simulation and clinical training workflows.

Microsoft ended support for Windows IoT Core, which the system previously used.

We helped migrate the platform to a Linux-based environment. This migration improved platform stability and helped ensure more reliable performance in medical simulation training environments, while also resolving several connectivity issues, including those related to modern 5G networks.

The original system relied on Bluetooth Classic (Rfcomm), which required manual pairing and often caused connection delays.

We replaced it with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The switch to BLE improved the speed and reliability of communication between the mobile apps and simulator hardware, which is critical for real-time vital signs simulation.

The platform includes multiple hardware components that need to exchange information.

To manage these interactions, we implemented D-Bus middleware. This improved the reliability of communication across hardware components and supported smoother operation during complex simulation scenarios.

Both mobile applications were built using Xamarin.Forms, a .NET-based framework for cross-platform development.

This approach made it possible to share a large part of the codebase across Android and iOS, reducing development time and simplifying maintenance. The VitalsBridge software can now connect to processing hardware through several interfaces: Ethernet, Wi-Fi, serial data cable, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

Provided Services

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Android Mobile Development

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iOS Mobile Development Support

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Embedded System Integration

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Bluetooth Connectivity Improvements

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OS Migration and Platform Optimization

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Architecture and System Integration

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Tech Stack

Xamarin.Forms

.NET

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Linux OS

D-Bus

CI/CD

Results

The VitalsBridge platform is now more stable, scalable, and easier to use in medical simulation training and clinical education environments.

Key outcomes include:

The Android app is available on Google Play.
The iOS version is currently under review for the Apple App Store.
The application is free to download, with no ads or in-app purchases.
The latest versions fully support the newest VitalsBridge FM hardware.

Who uses VitalsBridge

VitalsBridge supports realistic clinical simulation for:

• Medical schools • Nursing education programs • Hospitals with residency and internship programs • Simulation centers and training labs • First-aid and CPR training organizations

Why TechMagic

End-to-end healthcare product development

We support the full product journey, from idea validation to launch and long-term support. For products like VitalsBridge, this means building reliable software for complex healthcare and medical simulation use cases.

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