Vital sensor kit for use with telemedicine in developing countries

In many developing countries, a large percentage of the population lacks access to adequate healthcare. This is especially true in India where close to 70% of the population lives in rural areas and has little to no access to hospitals or clinics. People living in rural India often times cannot afford to pay to see a doctor should they need to make their visits to a hospital. Telemedicine, a breakthrough in the past couple decades, has broken down the barrier between the patient and the physician. It has slowly been implemented in India to make doctors more available to patients through the use of video conferences and other forms of communication. To improve the outcome of virtual visits via telemedicine, we have developed a compact and affordable kit that will be used to take a patient's blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose concentration and oxygen saturation. In addition to our sensor development, by wirelessly sending data results from the vital sign kit, the first essential part of a treatment can be carried out via wireless communication, saving the doctor and patient time and money.