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Dripo: Smart infusion monitoring device developed by Kerala-based
start-up
A Kerala-based start-up, Evelabs, has developed a device named Dripo, which is a wireless infusion monitor that can be clamped to an IV set to monitor drip rates. It acts as an intelligent bystander and sends information and alerts on the status of drip to nursing stations enabling nurses to monitor IV drips easily maintaining safety and efficacy.
The device has a patented two-arms clamping mechanism at the rear side. The device is installed by simply sliding the device with the drip chamber in between the clamping arms. Once installed and set up the device will send data to a central hub installed at the nursing station, where rate changes and completion of every source will be alerted. The hub is also a smart infusion chart, where the status of every on-going and upcoming infusion and patient history will be shown.
Website link:
https://www.investindia.gov.in/bip/resources/innovations-against-covid-19 https://www.evelabs.co/
Ayu Devices develops Digital Stethoscope for COVID-19
Can medical equipment be designed in a manner that can keep doctors safe and cater to unique emergency requirements of the COVID-19 crisis? Several start-ups supported by the DST are showing the way with stethoscopes that doctors can use without touching the patient, oxygen concentrator that can help the hospitals generate their in-house oxygen, and portable and app-controlled IoT-based ventilator system. Several Indian medical devices manufacturers and indigenous automation companies took up the pandemic as a challenge and came up with innovative designs of ventilators, portable respiratory aids or devices for contactless diagnosis and monitoring of the patients. DST, through its CAWACH initiative scouted, evaluated, and supported promising ventilator, respiratory aids, and other vital medical equipment from five companies who have now taken their products to deployment stage.
Maharashtra-based start-up Ayu Devices is a technology-based healthcare company, incubated at Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay in 2017. It has developed a digital stethoscope that can help doctors listen to heart and lungs sounds while keeping at a safe distance from the patients. AyuSynk’s unique stethoscope design allows healthcare workers to perform auscultation while being protected in an isolation environment. It can be used with protective covers in the emergency department to reduce contamination when pre-screening admissions. AyuSynk can be used directly using earbuds or headphones via Bluetooth within the isolation room or to a consultant outside the room or send sounds via email or instant messaging.
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