ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A Michigan State University engineering team has developed a medical diagnosis system that screens people inexpensively for a variety of medical problems.
Faculty facilitator Tongtong Li as well as Joe Hines, Janelle Shane, Kevin Scheel, Thomas Casey and Kurtis Hessler teamed up with students from China and Italy on the project.
The device performs a number of diagnostic functions: blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, temperature, glucose level and electrocardiogram.
By teaming the device with an additional online database system for patient records, and a wireless monitoring system, the device will be helpful to doctors and other hospital workers, as well as patients.
The device -- available for free use in rural hospital lobbies -- is designed to be simple and safe enough to be operated by trained volunteers or even the patients themselves.
Li said the device will address the issue of affordable healthcare in China, where healthcare costs are major contributors to poverty.
