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It records a patient’s heart activity via Bluetooth-connected electrodes. It sends a digitized electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) to a national healthcare center for a cardiologist to evaluate and return a diagnosis to the patient.
The whole process takes less than 20 minutes and the doctor and patient never have to interact.
A tablet that gives patients with heart problems a medical diagnosis within minutes could dramatically improve healthcare for rural residents far from hospitals.
Zang’s tablet was inspired by his own experience growing up in rural Cameroon where he witnessed an uncle succumbing to cardiovascular complications. After graduating from the University of Yaoundé with a degree in computer science he met a cardiologist who talked about the difficulties of reaching patients in rural parts of the country.
Zang then spent six months learning everything he could about medical electronics from the internet before designing his tablet.
Zang’s device is one of the first to be designed and tailored specifically for rural patients.
Most important is that it doesn’t have to be operated by a health worker. The diagnostic kit comes with instructions, cables, electrodes, and the tablet itself. The Cardio Pad is now being used in villages in Gabon, Nepal, and India as well as in Cameroon.
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