Cardiac Design Labs, a startup that has come up with an innovation to help cardiac patients in rural India access critical care through a wearable device, won a contest hosted by Google at the Startup India event, reports The Hindu. The company won $50,000 in equity and $100,000 Google cloud credits.
The Bangalore-based firm has built MIRCaM, a comprehensive suite that comprises of wearable sensors, a doctor’s terminal, a patient’s bedside tablet and a mobile app.
The concept combines communications and heart monitoring technology by which patients can be monitored from home, and a cardiologist is able to remotely interact and diagnose patients using his or her cell phone. The system provides real time analysis and generates instant alarms on episode detection or an abnormally rapid heart rate in users.
The company has partnered with four hospitals so far and will expand its reach to several others. “So far we have diagnosed over 300 patients at various locations,” Anand Madanagopal founder of Cardiac Design Labs told Economic Times.
