Dip.io is a smartphone based urinalysis device. Built around the existing urine dipstick, a test kit and smartphone application, Dip.io enables home urine testing with no quality compromise.
Dip.io is a smartphone based urinalysis device. Built around the existing urine dipstick, a test kit and smartphone application, Dip.io enables home urine testing with no quality compromise.
Summary:
Healthy.io is the first company to turn the smartphone into a regulatory-approved clinical device. Its first product, Dip.io, uses computer vision and user centric design to turn the smartphone into a urinalysis device. Built around existing semi-quantitative urinalysis dipsticks, Dip.io complements established clinical efforts by empowering patients to test themselves at home with no quality compromise, and securely share results with a clinician.
Challenge/problem identified:
Smartphone urinalysis impacts a range of pathways:
Impact:
Fellow: Jimmy Endicott
self-care and education
primary care and urgent care
safety, quality and efficiency within hospitals
self-care and education
earlier intervention and diagnostics
primary care and urgent care
self-care and education