Cardiopad remote ECG tablet
Cardiopad (tableta de electrocardiografía a distancia)
- Date
- 2011-2016 · confidence medium
- Place
- Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
- Credited to
- Arthur Zang
- People
- 👤 Arthur Zang1987–
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A tablet that records an electrocardiogram in rural areas and sends it over the mobile network to a cardiologist. It addresses the extreme shortage of cardiologists in Cameroon.
Prototype in 2011; commercial production from 2016.
What it led to
- cardiac telemedicine in Central Africa
- rural diagnosis without an on-site specialist
- local manufacturing of medical devices