{"id":50180,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Phone_Oximeter","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Phone Oximeter","latest":{"id":1267922,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:59:01Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = British Columbia, Canada\n}}\n\nPre-eclampsia is a major cause of maternal and infant mortality. Although medical equipment exists that can detect high blood pressure during the early stages of pregnancy, many women in resource-limited settings do not have access to equipment that could help detect the onset of pre-eclampsia.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThis device integrates pulse oximetry, a method which shoots light waves through a patient's finger to determine blood oxygen levels, with software that can be downloaded into a cell phone. By using these mechanisms, this device can track the mother's oxygen levels, a critical measure for accurately predicting pre-eclampsia. By combining these two mechanisms, this mobile pre-eclampsia risk assessment device can overcome barriers found in low resource settings such as a lack of skilled medical workers and minimal accessible medical facilities.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Mark Ansermino and Peter von Dadelszen, clinician scientists the Child and Family Research Institute at the University of British Columbia\n* Manufacturer location: Vancouver, BC Canada\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nFinalist of Saving Lives at Birth competition\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nHume, M., & Koring, P. (2011, July 28). Canadian innovators win global competition to tackle maternal health. Retrieved from [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/canadian-innovators-win-global-competition-to-tackle-maternal-health/article4192722/ here]\n\nPIERS on the move: Pre-eclampsia integrated estimate of risk assessment on a mobile phone. (2011). Retrieved from [http://web.archive.org/web/20160507200526/https://savinglivesatbirth.net/summaries/37 here]\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}