Using Ion Searchbar with a Pre-Populated database

I’m currently developing an app with an Acronym Search function tool. I’ve successfully got the pre-populated database displaying as it should using the SQLite-Ext plugin yet have got stuck as how to implement the search function needed.

I’ve been reading into the built in ‘ion-searchbar’ as was suggested by someone yesterday https://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/components/#searchbar, however I can’t see how this could be connected to a pre-populated database on the app. I need it to filter through these acronyms by their name.

This is my current home.html-

<ion-content padding>
<ion-searchbar (ionInput)="queryAcronyms($event)"></ion-searchbar>
<ion-list>
	<ion-item *ngFor="let name of acronyms; let nIndex = index">
	<h2>{{ name.name }}</h2>
	<p>{{ name.meaning }}</p>
</ion-item>
</ion-list>

home.ts-

@Component({
  selector: 'page-home',
  templateUrl: 'home.html'
})
export class HomePage {
  public storage: SQLite;
  private options = { name: "data7.db", location: 'default', createFromLocation: 1 };
  private queryAcronyms = "SELECT * FROM acronymsFinal";
  public acronyms: any = [];

  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController) {
    this.storage = new SQLite();
    this.storage.openDatabase(this.options).then((success) => {
      this.storage.executeSql(this.queryAcronyms, {}).then((data) => {
        let rows = data.rows;
        for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
			this.acronyms.push({
				name: rows.item(i).name,
				meaning: rows.item(i).meaning
			});
		}
      });
    });
  }
}

Neither the SQLite_Ext or Ionic documentation seem to cover this. Research so far has only used hard-coded databases as opposed to external ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.