Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: technology firm turns phones into one-stop medical diagnostic shops that take just 30 seconds
- PanopticAI is transforming phones into powerful diagnostic tools that can measure patients’ heart rate, blood pressure and stress levels in about 30 seconds
- Company selected as finalist in annual event Spirit of Hong Kong Awards 2023 and competing in category of ‘Spirit of Innovation’
A Hong Kong technology company has transformed mobile phones into one-stop shops that can measure a person’s heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and stress levels in about 30 seconds, all with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
A team of multidisciplinary experts at PanopticAI achieved the leap by repurposing the devices as powerful diagnostic tools that healthcare professionals can gather patient data from, while pushing individuals to take charge of their own well-being.
Company CEO and co-founder Dr Kyle Wong Kwan-long said the research effort had started before the Covid-19 pandemic, with the team successfully developing some early prototypes in 2021 and making a software platform commercially available in 2022.
“Over the past two to three decades, healthcare professionals and patients have primarily relied on contact-based tools such as blood pressure cuffs and pulse oximeters to collect health data,” he said.
“However, with our camera-based monitoring technology, anyone can effortlessly monitor their vital signs and health status in real-time and from the comfort of their own home.”
