Nagpur: After mobile apps to track and monitor coronavirus patients, here is a smart wristband to do the job. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur in collaboration with IIT Jodhpur and Nagpur has designed and developed a model for effective tracking and monitoring of COVID positive and suspect patients, reported Hindustan Times (HT).
The existing app:
The app: Depends on the continuous use of mobile phones by the quarantined person and the Internet; they use GPS or cell tower triangulation methods for tracking location with an accuracy that may vary sometimes up to a radius of 1.5 to 2 kilometres; apart from tracking the quarantined person’s movement, it is also essential to monitor their symptom which in the existing apps relies only on the user’s subjective self-assessment.
The wristband’s features:
“The novel device can provide mobile free operation, using a geofencing technology which will provide a real-time alert on any breach in the quarantine zone,” Dr Prathamesh Kamble, Assistant Professor, Physiology, AIIMS Nagpur was quoted as saying by HT.
The technology is developed by Dr Mayur Parate and Dr Ankit Bhurane, city-based professionals from IIIT Nagpur. The wristband will operate on a technology that is more effective than the GPS system, said Dr Mayur, added the HT report.
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