The wrist-based tracker has sensors for skin temperature, heart rate and SpO2 (blood oxygen saturation), which can continuously track these body vitals remotely to help in early diagnosis of COVID-19 symptoms.
Administrative access can also be provided for centralised monitoring of people in containment areas for COVID-19 symptoms. The tracker can get notifications from the Aarogya Setu app and alert the user when s/he enters a COVID containment zone.
Users can raise an emergency alert (SOS) in case of any difficulty; the alert is raised when body temperature is higher than the threshold. The app also alerts people when SpO2 levels are too low or when the user is entering into a COVID containment area.
Priced at around Rs 3,500, the new wearable product will be available in the market for consumers across 70 countries by August.
K Prathyusha, an NIT Warangal graduate, said, "Our main objective with this product is to facilitate identification of patients who have COVID pneumonia sooner so that they can be treated more effectively."
The algorithms can estimate body temperature from the skin and ambient temperature, heart rate, and motion sensing.
(PTI)