Now, a device for COVID-19 risk detection

06/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,MADURAI

To address the issues such as lack of mass screening and data-driven methodology for COVID-19 risk detection, surveillance and management, VinCense, an Internet of Medical Things (ioMT)-based health screening and monitoring platform, has built the country’s first clinically-graded wearable, which can measure critical vitals such as pulse rate and respiratory rate in just two minutes.

Speaking to The Hindu here on Sunday, MedIoTek Health Systems Managing Director Sharmila Devadoss said it can record oxygen saturation and skin temperature, and 90 people can be screened in an hour and real time data would be made available for quick action.

The vitals would be transferred via low-energy Bluetooth to the mobile App from where they are sent to a secure cloud through Wi-Fi mobile data. Data analytics dashboards enable real-time surveillance and eases monitoring and evaluation. So quick decisions can be taken and lives saved.

Another feature is tracking the vitals of Covid-19 patients or other at-risk patients remotely, thus minimising workers’ risk and easing the load at hospitals.