As the number of Covid-19 cases increases every day, healthcare professionals are racing against time and risking their lives to take care of others. India’s healthtech startups have also joined in the efforts by leveraging cutting-edge technology to beat the pandemic and its impact.
From creating Covid-19 trackers and cheaper ventilator designs to manufacturing ICU equipment, startups have been working relentlessly ever since the virus started spreading in India. They have been bringing unique propositions to the table to address some of the challenges faced by the healthcare system. For instance, with the country seeing a massive shortage of PPEs, Mumbai-based Karkhana.io is manufacturing face shields, aerosol boxes, and goggles. The startup is also offering tools to help others manufacture PPEs and other ICU equipment such as valves, connectors, and ventilator parts and has received a grant of INR 20 Lakh from ACT for the same.
One of the major challenges faced by the country today is health workers falling prey to the coronavirus. Some of them got infected in quarantine facilities as well. To prevent that, healthtech startups such as Dozee and InnAccel have devised innovative solutions that can help them monitor and treat low-risk patients remotely.
And to address the shortage of beds, Bengaluru-based Dozee does so by converting normal beds into a mini ICU bed. The startup offers artificial intelligence (AI) enabled sensor sheets that are placed under the patient that needs constant monitoring. The sheet measures vitals such as breath rate, heartbeat, sleep, stress, among other things. Explaining further, Dozee’s cofounder and CEO Mudit Dandwate said that the data is sent to a mobile application that can be accessed by the people close to the patient. Further, a doctor from Dozee’s team also keeps an eye on the reports for every patient on a dashboard in real-time. “The reports provided by Dozee have 98.4% medical-grade accuracy,” he said.
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Another startup that has responded swiftly to the shortage of medical equipment and devices is Bengaluru-based InnAccel. The medical device startup has developed SAANS, a proprietary continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) ventilator machine for babies.
Source: inc42
