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News Release from: Smallfry | Subject: Granagotchi
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Team on 14 November 2007
Device monitors the elderly
The Granagotchi is modular and can be set up to address specific patient needs, from checking blood pressure for a heart condition to monitoring the blood glucose level of diabetics.
Smallfry has created a home healthcare product brings all aspects of medical monitoring within one consumer-friendly package The Granagotchi is a monitor, reminiscent of the 90s Tamagotchi, that offers twenty-four hour peace of mind for carers with elderly relatives
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Busy carers can check on the welfare of their parents remotely throughout the day and night using discreet technology in their home.
Smallfry's Director Steve May-Russell said "The Granagotchi is our vision of healthcare in the future".
"We've looked at the technology available, the problems facing primary healthcare, the needs of the patients and their families and pulled it all together with one creative solution".
"We're now looking for potential partners who will step up to the plate and join a new, dynamic team of innovators to take this forward".
"Although some work has been done on high-tech patient monitoring systems, no-one in our view has yet paid sufficient attention to what 'the customer' wants and brought all the technology together in a user-friendly device".
We're hoping our Granagotchi concept will encourage companies in this market to work with us to develop the monitoring system that people really want".
The aim of the Granagotchi is to allow elderly people to live independently in their own homes confident that their family can check they are safe 24-7, in addition to regular visits and phonecalls.
The Granagotchi will instantly alert the carer if it identifies anything unusual that could cause concern.
Using the Granagotchi, carers will be able to see instantly if the person they care for has eaten, if they have been moving around the house or whether they are taking their prescribed medicine - an amber icon indicates concern and red means intervention is required.
The device is modular and can be set up to address specific patient needs, from checking blood pressure for a heart condition to monitoring the blood glucose level of diabetics.
One third of the population have chronic conditions and this will increase with an ageing population.
With 80% of GP consultations and 70% of primary care budgets already devoted to chronic illnesses, families and the community will have to get more involved in caring for loved ones.
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