Saish Gosavi
ABSTRACT
Diseases come irrespective of income, but treatment and devices don't. Developing nations like India are faced with the problem of large and poor population that need medical care. 'Pulsy' is a low-cost and portable pulse oximeter that is used for measuring one's heart rate and oxygen saturation in blood. Oximeters are in great demand because conditions like pregnancy, anemia, pneumonia, pulmonary disorders, asthma, and lung cancer demand frequent monitoring of heart rate and oxygen saturation in blood. Maintaining oxygen saturation over 95% in all activities is the goal. Oximeters available in the market are extremely expensive, and people who are unable to purchase them are left with the sole option of making frequent visits to the hospital to get a check-up. This becomes a huge drain on time and money. The objective of 'Pulsy' is to simplify the hardware and provide the same result and same accuracy for a substantially reduced cost. Another aspect of 'Pulsy' is to be integrated with the Indian fabric of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA). The goal is to make the device available to a larger sector of the population so that they are not left unscreened and reducing the burden of manually recording data and making patient data easily and quickly available (to doctors, etc.)
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Index Terms
- PULSY -- Because Every Pulse Matters: A Budget-Friendly Pulse Oximeter
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