Design That Matters

Firefly is a device designed to treat infant jaundice in a hospital setting, designed specifically for low resource settings to reduce the cost of phototherapy treatment. The devices (including a LED blue light source and basinet) are designed ...

Medical Technology Transfer Services

Phototherapy is the most common treatment for reducing high bilirubin levels that cause jaundice in newborns. The MTTS Firefly is a state-of-the-art phototherapy device designed for effective treatment of neonatal jaundice. Developed in ...

Focus On Vision

Focusspecs are adjustable glasses that can be altered to address the individual wearer's needs. Here's how it works: The lens consists of two optical lenses with third-grade surfaces. Because one lens is the exact inversion of the other, the ...

Free Wheelchair Mission

Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based nonprofit that designs and manufactures cost-efficient, durable wheelchairs for individuals living with a disability in under-resourced countries. Each wheelchair costs $96, raised through ...

EPAM Continuum

This is a protective face mask. The GENTL Mask is a flat-cut, three-layer design that utilizes industrial-grade filter materials capable of capturing particulates down to 1 micron, sealed between two layers of non-woven polypropylene. The mask ...

GiftedMom

GiftedMom is a mobile technology health solutions provider in Africa. We leverage last mile technologies to provide pregnant women and new mothers access to health information and strengthen linkages to antenatal care. Our Vision: A world free ...

Gran-Aides LLC

Grand-Aides, LLC provides a training model that enables people to help connect patients with medical coverage in a timely manner. Once trained under the Grand-Aides model, these community health workers become 'Grand-Aides,' capable of ...

Health Education Library for People

HELP is India's largest patient education center housing more than 11,000 authentic books on possibly every aspect of health and diseases, along with pamphlets, health care magazines, and an exhaustive audiovisual section too. ...

CERN

Information updated: June 10th 2020

HEV is a general purpose ventilator designed to provide long term alveolar ventilation support to patients, both in and out of intensive care. The design is based on easily-sourced and inexpensive ...

The Mother and Child Health and Education Trust

HealthPhone's health and nutrition content is scripted on knowledge prepared jointly by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and The World Bank. It addresses the main areas of health concern. This content is pre-loaded on popular ...

Heartfile

Heartfile Health Financing is an mHealth-enabled health financing program, aimed at protecting the poor from catastrophic expenditures on healthcare. The program provides transparency and efficiency and is being steadily scaled-up in Pakistan. ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics

Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is an evidence-based educational program to teach neonatal resuscitation techniques in resource-limited areas. It is an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in collaboration with the World Health ...

Design that Matters

This device allows for controlled administration of intravenous medicine without the need for trained staff or specialized equipment. In developed nations IV drips are delivered by electric pumps when dosing accuracy is needed. These provide ...

Ila Trust

The Ila Trust is to provide mobile clinics for the most vulnerable population in society. There are two mobile clinics, one works in and around old Delhi in the areas of Lahori Gate, G.B Road, Jama Masjid, Majnu Ka Tila, Turkman Gate, Ajmeri ...

BASF SE

Interceptor® is a mosquito net recommended by the World Health Organization for malaria control.

A polymer binder system is combined with Fendona® insecticide and applied directly to the fibers of the Interceptor® nets in a unique treatment ...

PATH

Rabies vaccine is expensive and often in short supply—approximately 20,000 people die of rabies each year in India, often because they were unable to access treatment. For rabies vaccine, the same or better protection can be achieved by ...

ayzh

ayzh aims to bring simplicity and dignity to women’s health by providing simple, vital and affordable products from menstruation to menopause designed to meet the unique needs of the world’s most vulnerable women, targeting the RMNCAH continuum ...

Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti

The Jaipur Foot is a low cost prosthetic leg with lifelike performance. It uses many of the advanced joint designs found in other prosthetic limbs. It retails for $80, in contrast to American-made prosthetics which can cost more than $10,000 ...

Taralife Sustainability Solutions Pvt Ltd

Arsenic contamination is a major problem as even in low concentrations. It poses serious health problems. Long term exposure to arsenic by drinking this contaminated water can cause various types of cancer, skin damage etc. Jal Tara Arsenic kit ...

Imperial College London

Information updated: April 29th 2020

This is an AmbuBag device.

This is a low cost, high performance emergency ventilator to help patients with coronavirus, and offers a solution to ventilator shortages worldwide. The design is freely ...

Jana Care, Inc.

Jana Care reverses "diabesity" by building next generation diagnostics and evidence-based lifestyle coaching programs for diabetics in the developing world, all made available on mobile phones. Jana Care's diabetes management application ...

PATH

Injections without needles? It may sound too good to be true, but PATH and our commercial partners are bringing “jet injection” to developing-country immunization programs, where the technology will make it safer for kids to get their shots. ...

Kangaroo Mother Care

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a method of care for all newborn babies, both premature and full-term. This method uses the mother's skin and presence to stabilize the baby. It also promotes breastfeeding, which itself can be lifesaving for ...

ieCrowd

The Kite Patch is a small patch that uses the worldwide discovery of technology capable of blocking mosquitoes' ability to track humans. The Kite Patch uses patent-pending, non-toxic compounds and is worn on clothing and provides up to 48 hours ...

LaZoi Lifecare Pvt Ltd

People often find it difficult to find specific information on doctors, including which doctor should be consulted for specialized problems. www.LaZoi.com (formerly HelpMeDoc.in) provides an online database of doctors, their specializations and ...

GRIT

The Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC) is a lever-propelled wheelchair that provides unparalleled mobility on rough terrain. Instead of using gears and derailleurs that are likely to break under the conditions faced by developing country users, the ...

Medical Technology Transfer Services

The MTTS Lightmeter provides precise measurement of the intensity of the blue light spectrum that is necessary to treat jaundice in infants. This measurement allows health professionals to ensure phototherapy units are working correctly, and ...

Diagnostics For All

DFA’s first project is a rapid, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic device to monitor liver function. While many of the highly potent drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB are toxic to the liver, deaths due to drug-induced liver failure are very ...

Johnny Lee

Information updated: April 10th 2020

This is a Pump device.

This project documents the process of converting a low-cost CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) blower into a rudimentary non-invasive pressure support ventilator that ...

MIT

Information updated: April 13th 2020

The face shield is intended to protect the user from splashes and be worn with surgical mask or respirator to provides liquid barrier protection for medical use.

The single-piece medical face shield ...

MIT E-Vent

Information updated: May 19th 2020

This is an Ambu bag device.

The device which automates the squeezing of emergency resuscitator bags.

Summary Specs:

• This is a Volume Control Ventilation (VCV) device.
• What is the plateau pressure ...

Medical Technology Transfer Services

In order to create an optimal environment for taking care of newborn babies, MTTS has developed the Infant Bed to help health workers easily care for and transfer babies inside of medical facilities. The latest version of the Infant Bed ...

Medical Technology Transfer Services

As babies leave the warmth of the mother’s womb for the much cooler environment of the delivery room, those with limited metabolic capacity due to illness, prematurity or low birthweight are susceptible to experiencing thermal instability. MTTS ...

Every Woman Every Child

The second leading cause of maternal death is pre-eclampsia/eclampsia—most often detected through the elevation of blood pressure during pregnancy—which can lead to seizures, kidney and liver damage, and both maternal and infant deaths, if ...

icddr,b

Postpartum hemorrhaging, the leading cause of maternal death and disability worldwide, causes nearly 500,000 deaths annually. In late 2010, icddd,b scientists developed and began successfully testing an absorbent birth mat that, when fully ...

Medic Mobile

Medic Mobile makes mobile technology accessible. Most mobile phone owners live in the developing world, yet many mobile health initiatives fail to grow beyond a few dozen people. Mobile Medic aims to close the gap and reach scale by using the ...