POSTS TAGGED AS smartphone

First Approved Smartphone App for Heart Murmurs

eMurmur ID system overview
“eMurmur ID” is a cloud-based auscultation system that uses artificial intelligence to detect and classify heart murmurs.  [MORE]

Home Urinalysis with a Smartphone

Dip.io Urinalysis Test Kit Healthy.io
An Israeli company, Healthy.io (Tel Aviv) has received FDA approval for its “Dip.io” home urinalysis kit [MORE]

Vitals Monitoring from 4’ away with a Smartphone

Video Vitals
Engineers at Penn State and Johns Hopkins are collaborating in the development of a heart rate monitor that relies [MORE]

Ovulation Test on a Smartphone

Saliva testing for ovulation ferning
Who knew? “Salivary ferning refers to the unique appearance of dried saliva from a woman who [MORE]

BRCA1 Assessment on a Smartphone

POC BRCA 1 mutation testing
A paper microfluidics method, called “FluoroZen,” coupled with a smartphone application is able to detect BRCA1 [MORE]

Rapid Visual Detection of Pathogen Nucleic Acids

 
NUS test kit enVision
 A*STAR scientists in Singapore have developed a pathogen DNA system that has visible detection—a system called “enVision” [MORE]

Complete Blood Count on a Smartphone

Essenlix mobile testing device
The Theranos experience might cause pause in enthusiasm for any quick and easy blood analysis platform, but [MORE]

Picturing Blood Pressure

Measuring BP through face scan on smartphone
A research collaboration between GE Global Research, Michigan State University and the University of [MORE]

A Wearable Cytometer

Wearable cytometer
Most of the wearable biosensors on the market today monitor heartbeat, respiration and movement.  Others are working on blood [MORE]

Smartphone Urinalysis at Home

Urinalysis at home
Dipsticks are commonly used in laboratory urinalysis—where a stack of chemical patches on the stick changes color to [MORE]

Cardiac Assessment with a Smartphone

Smartphone-Based Heart Rate Monitoring App
“A smartphone application using the phone’s camera function performed better than traditional physical examination to assess [MORE]

A Non-Invasive Gluco-Scanner

Glucoscanner
A group of Italian ex-pats scientists living in Japan have developed a non-invasive glucose scanner that relies on IR light [MORE]

Taking Blood Pressure with a Touch on a Smartphone

Blood Pressure App
Engineers at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, and Chonnam National University (South Korea) have built in an [MORE]

Cough into Your Smartphone

ResApp
An Australian startup named “ResApp” has used learning algorithms to distinguish the sounds of several kinds of respiratory illnesses—pneumonia, asthma, [MORE]