Myshkin Ingawale, a tech entrepreneur from India, has developed a new app for the iPhone with which a person can analyse his own urine without going to the doctor. The name of the new urinalysis app is uCheck and all users need to do is soak a dip strip into pee and then, use a colour-coded map through their smartphone camera to analyse the health situation of any person. According to Ingawale, “Everybody pees, and everybody carries a cellphone,” therefore it is quite easy to use it anywhere and at any time.
With the help of uChek people will be able to detect nearly 25 diseases, which includes urinary tract infections kidney or liver issues and diabetes. According to Wired, “With the color comparisons as a guide, the app analyzes the results, and comes back in seconds with a breakdown of the levels of glucose, bilirubin, proteins, specific gravity, ketones, leukocytes, nitrites, urobilinogen and hematuria present in the urine.” To the extent its accuracy is concerned, Ingawale said that the app did better with 1,200 samples than human beings reading colour-coded strips.
Explaining the notion behind developing uCheck, Ingawale said that “the idea is to get people closer to their own information. I want people to better understand what is going on with their bodies.”
Therefore, the 29 year old co-founder of Biosense Technologies has stressed that uCheck was developed to obtain information only and it should not be used to diagnose a disease. For the reason that more advanced machines are available in various medical facilities that are considered better for the diagnose job. Nevertheless, these machines do not come cheap and therefore medical centres also charge high fees for diagnose and tests. So with uCheck Ingawale has provided us a cheaper solution to the problem because it costs no more than $20 and 99 cents. This amount covers the price of app, colour-coded map and pack of strips.
Ingawale has initially tested the app on his own father in law, who is suffering from diabetes. Ingawale said, “My wife is the one who wants the information. She wants to make sure he’s taking care of himself. He just takes the test and e-mails her the results.” For the time being physicians in a Mumbai hospital are testing uCheck and in the mean while it is also seeking approval from Apple’s App Store. Ingawale hopes to make this app available for iPhone users later this year after which he will produce its Android version.
Source: Wired, FinancialPost
Photo: FinancialPost
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