Three alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have developed a smartphone-based health test kit utilizing urine pattern and declare that it gives results in 30 seconds.
Some public health centres (PHCs) in Maharashtra’s Nashik district have been utilizing these kits for health exams, a Zilla Parishad official stated.
As a part of the test, an individual has to dip a card (provided in the test kit) in urine for a second, click on a photograph of it on his/her cellphone utilizing the ‘Neodocs’ app.
“The photo gets uploaded on our cloud server, where an algorithm uses computer vision to scan the card and gives results within 30 seconds,” claimed Manasvi Shah, the strategic partnerships supervisor of ‘NeoDocs;, the startup based by former IITians Anurag Meena, Nikunj Malpani and Pratik Lodha.
‘NeoDocs’ introduced the ‘urine test kit’ throughout an exhibition on the not too long ago held Indian Science Congress in Nagpur.
Mr. Malpani stated it was throughout the COVID-19 lockdown time that they realised the significance of the quantification of health and the worth of diagnostics.
These test kits will assist convey healthcare to each doorstep and scale back the general price for testing considerably, regardless of the socio-economic background, Meena stated.
According to Mr. Lodha, they’re additional engaged on researching and creating immediate test kits for varied human bio-fluids (blood, vaginal discharge, semen, and many others).
They started their enterprise with 5 primary immediate urine test kits catering to their prospects in a personalised method, Nikunj stated.
Apart from the wellness kit, the corporate can be manufacturing power kidney illness and aged test kits. There can be a maternity care kit for ladies for use all through being pregnant, he stated.
Regular screening permits one to dodge even the slightest likelihood of affected by the danger elements related to being pregnant, he claimed.
Malpani stated after successful the Maharashtra Startup Week Award in October 2022, they’re collaborating with the Nashik Zilla Parishad by introducing smartphone-based exams on the PHCs in Trimbak.
Nashik Zilla Parishad health officer Dr Harshal Nehete instructed PTI that they’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NeoDocs for utilizing these immediate test kits at their PHCs in Trimbak taluka.
“We have been using these instant tests at seven of our PHCs for antinatal care of mothers. We are also using their UTI (urinary tract infection) test kits and wellness kits,” he stated.
