<p>"The electronic kiosk is a biometric data acquisition system that assesses a person's health and performs basic medical tests, including for body temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar level and electrocardiogram (ECG) of heart," Freescale development manager Jose Fernandez told IANS here.<br /><br />Weighing about 30 kg, the touch-screen kiosk was developed by Freescale's engineering team in Mexico as a low-cost solution for quick and accurate screening tests to know a patient's health prior to hospitalisation.<br /><br />"The kiosk has also a portable USB (universal serial bus) device that can be operated at home or in remote location and relay the biometric data through internet to a hospital or physician for quick investigation and treatment," Fernandez said on the margins of the company's sixth technology forum.<br /><br />The kiosk has an integrated analog for recording medical data with Freescale 32-bit micro-controllers and software developed in-house. It also records a person's height, weight and blood group.<br /><br />"We have designed and developed the intelligent kiosk with $500,000 funding from the Mexican government, which has placed an order to supply about 50 of them for installation in state-run hospitals across the North American country," Fernandez said at a preview of the product.<br /><br />The intelligent kiosks can also be installed at airports, railway stations, bus terminals and malls to enable people operate it by following instructions that pop up on its touchscreen.<br /><br />"Our kiosk demonstrates the kind of electronics technology and embedded software we have developed in our Indian research and development centre at Noida near Delhi for a range of medical devices," Fernandez said.<br /><br />The Freescale technology in the kiosk boasts of micro-processors, controller chips, signal processing controllers, pressure sensors and wireless and communication devices.<br />The US-based $3.5-billion semiconductor firm has shipped the kiosk from Mexico to this tech hub for a demo and pitch for response from its end-users.<br /><br />"We are open to partnering with any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a third party vendor to transfer the technology and customise the kiosks with USB for the Indian market," Fernandes noted.<br /><br />The USB device will help aged people or patients to perform the various tests from their homes and send to the hospital or family doctor for prescription.<br /><br />"For the Indian market, we can design the touchscreen with guidelines or instructions in a local language besides English to enable a patient understand the various tools and perform the tests without nurses or paramedics," Fernandez noted. <br /><br />Pre-screening patients electronically enables a doctor to determine which patients need treatment soonest.<br /><br />"In a billon-strong country with a burgeoning economy, the cost can be brought down to $1,000 per kiosk if volumes are built and economies of scale are achieved for manufacturing the machine locally," Fernandez added.</p>
<p>"The electronic kiosk is a biometric data acquisition system that assesses a person's health and performs basic medical tests, including for body temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar level and electrocardiogram (ECG) of heart," Freescale development manager Jose Fernandez told IANS here.<br /><br />Weighing about 30 kg, the touch-screen kiosk was developed by Freescale's engineering team in Mexico as a low-cost solution for quick and accurate screening tests to know a patient's health prior to hospitalisation.<br /><br />"The kiosk has also a portable USB (universal serial bus) device that can be operated at home or in remote location and relay the biometric data through internet to a hospital or physician for quick investigation and treatment," Fernandez said on the margins of the company's sixth technology forum.<br /><br />The kiosk has an integrated analog for recording medical data with Freescale 32-bit micro-controllers and software developed in-house. It also records a person's height, weight and blood group.<br /><br />"We have designed and developed the intelligent kiosk with $500,000 funding from the Mexican government, which has placed an order to supply about 50 of them for installation in state-run hospitals across the North American country," Fernandez said at a preview of the product.<br /><br />The intelligent kiosks can also be installed at airports, railway stations, bus terminals and malls to enable people operate it by following instructions that pop up on its touchscreen.<br /><br />"Our kiosk demonstrates the kind of electronics technology and embedded software we have developed in our Indian research and development centre at Noida near Delhi for a range of medical devices," Fernandez said.<br /><br />The Freescale technology in the kiosk boasts of micro-processors, controller chips, signal processing controllers, pressure sensors and wireless and communication devices.<br />The US-based $3.5-billion semiconductor firm has shipped the kiosk from Mexico to this tech hub for a demo and pitch for response from its end-users.<br /><br />"We are open to partnering with any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a third party vendor to transfer the technology and customise the kiosks with USB for the Indian market," Fernandes noted.<br /><br />The USB device will help aged people or patients to perform the various tests from their homes and send to the hospital or family doctor for prescription.<br /><br />"For the Indian market, we can design the touchscreen with guidelines or instructions in a local language besides English to enable a patient understand the various tools and perform the tests without nurses or paramedics," Fernandez noted. <br /><br />Pre-screening patients electronically enables a doctor to determine which patients need treatment soonest.<br /><br />"In a billon-strong country with a burgeoning economy, the cost can be brought down to $1,000 per kiosk if volumes are built and economies of scale are achieved for manufacturing the machine locally," Fernandez added.</p>