The Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, an independent research institute under India's Department of Science and Technology, has invented a smartphone and sensor-based system to support the management of Parkinson's disease.
HOW IT WORKS
The system involves a fluorescence nanoprobe, a smartphone camera, and a mobile app. It aims to detect the concentration of L-dopa (levodopa...
Parkinson's disease is considered a movement disorder, so it lends itself quite well to mobile technologies. At least one tablet-based device to measure Parkinsonian tremors is already on the market, while an iPhone measurement system passed muster in a clinical trial more than a year ago.
Two weeks ago at the AdvaMed 2011 medical technology conference in Washington, D.C., Great Lakes...
