MNNIT students develope device for medical emergeny

ALLAHABAD: In an innovative effort, that would come handy for any biker in case of an accident and getting injured, four BTech final year students of MNNIT have developed a device called ‘medical emergency system for road accidents’. Integrating a hardware module with android application through Bluetooth technology, the device can be installed in any bike or for that matter any vehicle.
The device, developed by a team comprising Gourav Sahni, Niraj Agrawal, Niraj kumar Das and Amit Kumar Verma of BTech Computer Science and Engineering, would costs around Rs 1200.Although the tested prototype, developed under the supervision of D K Yadav, measures around one feet, but the size would now be reduced to around 4inch so as to easily fit into any bike.
Detailing on the working of the device, Neeraj said, “the person driving the vehicle would integrate his or her mobile to the device through bluetooth and in case of any accident, the device will automatically send sms to all the contact numbers saved in the emergency folder, be it your family members, friends or even hospitals”. In case the injured person thinks that he can manage by his own and there is nothing so serious, the device will also play an alarm option, pressing which will again send sms to all the same numbers notifying that there is nothing to worry, he added.
In case, the injured person wants to call the persons in his emergency contact list, the phone, still attached to the mobile, will flash the numbers on his screen and the user will just have to press the calling button, and the device will do the rest, said Neeraj.
The device comes with several other useful features, foremost being sending your exact location along with the text message. “Through your GPS setting, the device will send the exact location and the list of nearby hospitals to the numbers in the emergency contact list so that help could come without wasting crucial time, in case of vital emergency”.
In future we also have the options for integrating the device with all the police stations and hospitals, provided they have a dedicated server and ready to link the same with the mobile user, he added.
The device is so designed by these budding engineers that the 4inch system could be fitted into the main engine and the integrated circuit will get charged. “The portable device of the same kind can work on a rechargeable battery which will consume very less voltage”, said Neeraj.
The team members have tested the device in toughest of lab conditions and talks are on with several companies for launching the product. “We are talking to private players and have started the process for getting it patent”, he said.