Latest Case Prototype

We have been working hard recently, laser cutting, bolting, drilling and more. Here's the result. A new customized case for the device. This is only a prototype and the final casing will most likely be machined manufactured, but for now this is what we came up with as a fast prototyping solution.

And we went from this:

Preliminary sketches of the improvements necessary for the second version of the device.

To this:

Thanks to Andrew Laska, from RPR, for the SolidWorks effort.

To this:

New case prototype for the device for health clinics in Malawi and Uganda.

Side view of the enclosure. It's slightly sloped in order to be more ergonomic.

The laser cut face of the device, with led power indicator, speaker holes, full qwerty keyboard and three soft keys. Thanks to Ben Le duc Mills for all the wonderful help.

UN-ECOSOC News

This article only covers some of the innovations showcased by UNICEF at the UN-ECOSOC Conference, but the video presentation of GRND Lab's Patient Data Entry Device, is playing in the photos! And I hope that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon caught a glimpse of it too!

Click here to go to the full article!

Patient Data Entry Device v 0.2 ECOSOC Demo Video

This is a promotional video that we recently displayed along side a working prototype at the UN-ECOSOC conference in Geneva, Switzerland this month. From July 6th through July 9th our video presentation was displayed at the UNICEF stand for Health Innovations.

Video still.

Patient Data Entry Device v 0.1 for UNICEF

In April 2008 we completed the very first prototype for the Patient Data Input Device for a health clinics in Malawi, Africa in partnership with the UNICEF Innovation Team.

This device aims to help health care workers in diagnosing patients and then efficiently relaying that information to the patient guardians. It allows the user to input child's vital information such as name, weight, height, middle-upper arm circumference, signs of edema and child's complications in order to receive a prompt preliminary diagnosis of the child's general health status and malnutrition level. The device uses both auditory and written prompts to guide the health care workers through the diagnosis questionnaire, through the registration process for a new patient and a check-up on a previously registered patient. The final spoken diagnosis are translated into local language, so that the guardians can leave the clinic with valuable information and a general understanding about the health status of their child and the necessary care suggestions. The data is stored locally onto SD card and it can be uploaded onto a server through text messages via a GSM/GPRS module. For videos of the device in action, please

The patient data entry device off.

The first prototype is build from sustainable MDF and contains a 4x4 keypad, 16/2 LCD, Arduino, MP3 player module, amplified speaker and is powered from a 9v rechargeable battery.

All the technology is open-source and much of the programming had to do with creating a multi-tap keyboard interface and then programming the data work flow tree of about 30 different questions and 5 different "diagnosis".

Device being tested.

The inside of one of the first prototypes.