How MedTech Platforms and Solutions Help Curb Covid-19 Outbreak?

The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has led to a significant closure of business operations across almost every industry. However, in its bid to fight against the virus, the technology readiness has come to the fore with much more force in this global crisis. The healthcare sector around the world is now at the frontline, fighting against the pandemic. From AI to robotics and Big Data, all are playing a key role in tackling the virus, assisting researchers and medical staff within the sector for drug discovery.

As India is significantly dealing with the coronavirus at the initial stage itself, a large number of MedTech companies have come forward and are developing solutions that can help detect the disease and take preventive measures on time to cure it.

Here are some MedTech solution providers using various technologies to beat the pandemic in the country.

Mylab Discovery Coronavirus Testing Kit

Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Lab, a Pune-based medical company, has developed India's first Covid-19 detection kit. The company has shipped the first batch of 150 to diagnostic labs in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru last week. The kit became the first one to receive commercial approval from the Indian FDA/ Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and is named as Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit. Mylab, which also develops testing kits for HIV and Hepatitis B and C, and other diseases, says it can supply up to 100,000 Covid-19 testing kits a week and can produce up to 200,000 if needed.

Corona Kavach Tracking App

Corona Kavach is a Covid-19 tracker, which has been developed and released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW). The app uses persons' smartphone data to track their location and alert them if they are in close contact to a coronavirus patient or at risk of being exposed to the virus. The app is aimed at providing information about coronavirus and get information. As the app is still in progress, it is now available for download in beta for Android phones on the Google Play Store.

Abbott Laboratories Molecular Point-of-Care Test

A new novel coronavirus test may make diagnosing Covid-19 as easy as the flu. The new point-of-care test from Abbott laboratories recently received an emergency-use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which can deliver outcomes in just five minutes. As it will run on Abbott's ID Now platform, which is small, lightweight and portable, the test may soon be available in urgent care clinic that begins shipping April 1.

Zen Technologies

The Hyderabad-based company Zen Technologies, in its efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, is developing a ventilator prototype for India. The company functions in areas, including designing, developing and manufacturing high-tech combat training solutions for defence and security forces training across the world.

Bione Microbiome Test

Bione, a healthtech startup, has built a Covid-19 focused Microbiome test. It is combined with its AI, predictive analysis tools that can deliver tailored recommendations to individuals to reinforce their particular microbiome and thus be more immune to Coronavirus in order to beat the virus. Bione is working towards bolstering preventive healthcare and increasing life expectancy in India. By operating with the vision of leapfrogging genetic testing and microbiome services in India, the company has founded Bione Ventures which envisages to empower people to unlock their health and fitness through personalised genetics and microbiome. The genetic programme unscrews the disease predispositions and microbiome, and decodes the clandestine to a healthy gut. It also leads to a healthy family genomic journey with Bione.