MediSafe

Got some exciting data back from week long test will be sharing it shortly..

On way to Sugganahalli On way to Sugganahalli primary healthcare clinic for feedback on some more prototypes. More details later during the week.

Happy to be collaborating with Lavanya Kiran

Dr. Lavanya and her team form Narayana Health City has made a mark in the international medical community with her innovation, PEL-DIA, an equipment that can help reduce risk factors for delivering mothers.

Read More here: http://narayanahealth.blogspot.in/2014/08/pel-dia-equipment-that-can-help-reduce.html

Store Oxytocin at recommended temperature 2-8C

“The day of birth is the most dangerous day of your life,” said Joy Lawn, director of the Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Preventable! ayzh Clean Birth Kit in a Purse

MediSafe being tested in Sugganhalli PHC thanks to Karuna Trust, India

Looking forward to some on-site testing with Karuna Trust in the coming month www.karunatrust.com

Karuna Trust | Karuna Trust believes affordable, ideally free, universal access to health care is a fundamental right of all Indians; such access is a true testimony to the usefulness of all the economic and technological progress India has made.

MediSafe prototype Mark-1 in action: Temperature sensor shows reading an hour after being moved out the refrigerator without any thermal protection.

Oxytocin is the uterotonic medicine recommended by the World
Health Organization (WHO) as the first line medicine and the
most commonly used for active management of the third
stage of labor (AMTSL) and to manage excessive bleeding after childbirth.

If uterotonic medicines, including oxytocin, were available to all women giving birth over a ten year period, it is projected that 41 million postpartum hemorrhage cases could be prevented and 1.4 million lives saved - See more at:
http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/component/content/article/1-about/302-oxytocin--product-profile- .T36CJ00a.dpuf

One of the major drawbacks of oxytocin, however, is that it
is temperature sensitive, and loses effectiveness after three months
of being stored at temperatures higher than 30 degrees Celsius (86
degrees Fahrenheit).

While some manufacturers’ studies indicate that oxytocin can be stored at room temperature, the ambient temperature in tropical countries is often higher for extended periods of time.

MediSafe will be ideal for protecting to temperature sensitive medicines such as Oxytocin- We invite comments from those knowledgeable in provision for meternal care in resource limited settings.

Every Woman Every Child Every Woman Every Child is an unprecedented global partnership, spearheaded by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to mobilize and intensify global action to save and improve the lives of women and children around the world.

What is Medisafe?

Protecting Temperature Sensitive Medicines against Power Outages

A number of medicines, like insulin and many other lifesaving injectables, need to be stored at cold temperatures for maintaining their effectiveness. Since power situations is unreliable in large parts of India and other developing countries, having a refrigerator and power connection alone do not ensure medicines stored in them are still safe and effective. WHO recommended ice lined refrigerators are costly and difficult to maintain in remote setting.

MediSafe is a simple add-on, which is being designed to provide thermal backup for conventional refrigerators during periods of power outage of up to 8hours. Using a specially selected phase change material (PCM) which undergoes phase change around 10°C the MediSafe does not need to be placed in freezer and can be directly placed in regular section of the refrigerator. When placed in the refrigerator the PCM inside solidifies while the power is available. During the power outage, PCM slowly melts and maintains the cooling for extended duration like melting ice. A simple to understand color changing temperature indicator to give a visual indication of storage conditions to the user.

MediSafe will be available in two different form factors. While MediSafe–B is a small storage box for storing only critical medicines at home or in a small clinic, MediSafe-P is a flat panel design for use in primary healthcare centers and dispensaries for providing thermal backup for entire refrigerators.