{"id":44917,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Proteinuria_Self-Test_Pen","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Proteinuria Self-Test Pen","latest":{"id":1267876,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:53:29Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Proteinuriatesting.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Maryland, United States\n}}\n\nEclampsia is a serious high blood pressure disorder that is the second-leading cause of maternal mortality in resource-constrained settings. Early detection and treatment of pre-eclampsia, a precursor condition, can dramatically decrease this cause of maternal death. However, most existing tests for proteinuria, a marker of pre-eclampsia, are unaffordable for regular use in developing countries.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThe Proteinuria Self-Test for Early Detection of Pre-Eclampsia, or \"proteinuria pen,\" provides an easy-to-use and easy-to-read diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia that is expected to cost less than $0.01 per use. It uses felt-tip or ballpoint pens that are filled with reagents, which are used to mark a strip of paper. The reagents change color when exposed to high levels of urinary protein.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: This device was designed by Johns Hopkins University graduate students. The project is currently under the management of Jhpiego, an international non-profit affiliated with Johns Hopkins.\n* Manufacturer location: Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nField testing in Nepal was planned as of 2011 and began as of September 2012.\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nThis device received funding from the following sources:\n\n* USAID Development Innovation Ventures Grant 2011 ($100,000)\n* Lemelson Foundation ($10,000)\n* Johns Hopkins University\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nCenter for Bioengineering Innovation & Design. (2011). Jhpiego receives $100,000 grant to pilot pre-eclampsia screening device. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20110227015809/http://cbid.bme.jhu.edu:80/news-and-events/index.php?id=158 here].\n\nJhpiego. (n.d.) Jhpiego among first recipients of innovation award from USAID. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20110703105351/http://www.jhpiego.org/en/content/jhpiego-among-first-recipients-innovation-award-usaid here].\n\nJhpiego. (2012). Nepal. Retrieved January 1, 2012. Link available [http://www.jhpiego.org/en/content/nepal here].\n\nJohns Hopkins University. (2011, May 12). Screening tests for pregnant women win global health prize for Johns Hopkins students. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://releases.jhu.edu/2011/05/12/health-screening-tests-for-pregnant-women/ here].\n\nSave One. (2011.) Antenatal screening kit. Retrieved January 1, 2012. Youtube video available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP7PUlv5kmQ here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nWHCC Health Innovations. (2011, May 13). The pen is mightier than the dipstick. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20120618091230/http://blog.whcchealthinnovations.org:80/?p=270&preview=true/ here].\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}