Urine test application for smartphones

A smartphone app that can test and analyze urine via camera images recently introduced at TED forum (Technology, education and design) in Los Angeles, USA.

Called Uchek, this app results in 25 health problems, which are expected to assist in the detection and treatment of many diseases, especially in developing countries.

Uchek application copyright belongs to young Indian scientist, Myshkin Ingawale.'I want users to be able to perform many medical tests on their own,' he said.

Uchek application can test 10 components that appear in urine, including glucose, protein and nitrite. Since then can detect many health problems such as diabetes, urinary tract inflammation, letter . as well as to support the overall health check.

Users will collect urine and dip a standard test strip with this application into the urine.

Myshkin Ingawale introduces the Uchek application.

The test strip is then placed on a disc (with the application included) to standardize the color of the test strip to eliminate the effects of light when the user takes a photo from the smartphone.

Uchek application will analyze the condition of urine through photos and make conclusions according to the color displayed on the test strip.

This app will be sold on Apple's online app store in late March, for $ 20, with a disc and 5 test strips included.

Besides being used by smart phone owners, this app is also used at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.

There, the results from Uchek will be re-checked for accuracy through common urine test medical devices.

'If this (Uchek) application works well, we can develop mobile' clinics'. Instead of buying a $ 10,000 test device, people can use the available smartphones , 'Ingawale said.

Currently, Uchek is compatible with iPhone models, but Ingawale said the version for Android-based smartphones will be released in the near future.

By the time smartphones become more affordable to consumers in developing countries, Ingawale believes that medical applications will become increasingly popular in the world.

'I'm calling you with an $ 100 Android phone bought at a' night market 'in India. In the future smartphones will be cheaper, and all phones are . smart , 'Ingawale told the BBC news correspondent.