Smartphone app reads blood oxygen levels to hospital standards, advances to global obstetrics tests

(Terry Collins Assoc) A $40 smartphone app with simple-to-use software and plug-in hardware delivers hospital-standard measurements of blood oxygen -- a Canadian invention that can forewarn of life-threatening pre-eclampsia with 80 percent accuracy, offering an important tool to help prevent countless developing world maternal and child deaths. The Canadian government, through Grand Challenges Canada, and private investors announce funding to advance the innovation to studies this year involving 80,000 women in Asia and Africa.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news