Bagmo, or the ‘Blood bAG MOnitoring‘ device created by a team of clinical engineers, product developers, and public health experts in Kochi, India, monitors the temperature of blood bags during transportation and storage. Bagmo Private Limited, the B2B company that makes these devices, aims to reduce wastage at blood storage centers, improve logistics and communication issues, and help solve the lack of blood availability in rural areas.
Founded in March 2017, the company collaborated with Christian Medical College, at Vellore, in south India to develop the product. Whenever a donor donates blood, data is entered in Bagmo’s cloud, using a web application. Once the donated blood has undergone tests, the three components – plasma, blood cells, and platelets – are separated into bags.
A radio-frequency identification (RFID) card is attached to each of these bags. Before the bag is placed into the mother bank or refrigerator, the RFID is scanned using the Bagmo device which uses algorithms to store information such as the bag’s unique ID and the refrigerator that stores it, in the cloud. Whenever blood is required, a user needs to enter details in the cloud, and Bagmo will indicate the appropriate bag to use and which refrigerator it has been stored in.
The medical device startup is working with blood banks and blood storage centers initially, and will then focus on other sectors such as food and pharmaceuticals where this technology can be used.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
