Refurbishing Viable Technology to Enhance Maternal and Child Healthcare
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Janitri Innovations
Refurbishing Viable Technology to Enhance Maternal and Child Healthcare
Arun Agarwal
Founder & CEO
very year, an estimated 1 million intra-partum still-
Ebirths, 904,000 intra-partum-related neonatal deaths, and around 536,000 maternal deaths occur globally. During intra-partum period, fetal heart rate( FHR) monitoring with uterine contraction is really important to know the status of the fetus. Existing device cardiotocography( CTG) for continuous labor monitoring of FHR and uterine contraction displays both the parameters in a graphical format. In current practice, gynecologists analyze the pattern of fetal heart rate & uterine contraction on a printed CTG graph to recognize fetus distress. Based on that, doctors take an early decision to prevent any mortality or morbidity.
Current challenge with CTG device is that it is highly expensive, non-portable, and requires a skilled technician to operate and interpret the graphs. Moreover, in India, more than 70 % deliveries occur in a low resources healthcare settings with the lack of labor monitoring devices and skilled health workers.
Janitri Innovations are working with a vision to see a world where no mother or newborn dies during pregnancy / delivery / post-delivery. To achieve this, they are
38 innovating simple and easy to use products to prevent mortality and morbidity.
Their revolutionary product KEYAR is an affordable, easy to use, wearable and portable labor monitoring device for continuous monitoring of fetal heart rate and uterine contraction during intra-partum period for low resources healthcare settings. The device monitors both the parameters, analyzes the pattern and further gives color coded results and sound alerts if the fetus is in distress. The device also displays fetal heart rate and uterine contraction in a simple format which is easily interpreted by a low skilled health worker. KEYAR continuously transmits the data to another product called DAKSH, which is an intelligent intra-partum monitoring mobile application. This product connects the gynecologist / doctor with the maternity ward in real-time, thus enabling them to view the data remotely on their mobile application.
An Inspiring Leader Arun Agarwal, Founder and CEO of Janitri Innovations, is native to a small town in India, since his childhood he witnessed many of his family members and neighbors suffer from health problem like diabetes, malaria,
| December 2017 |