Development of GSM-based standard urine analyzer

Abstract

The Wireless Automated Urine Analyzer (WAUA) is an alternative to the current convention on medical diagnosis from urinalysis. The WAUA is automated, cost-efficient, and can possibly provide additional coverage to healthcare, especially in rural areas. If implemented, this can conduct urinalysis on hard-to-reach areas where implementing standard routine urinalysis is economically challenging. It's capable of macroscopic and chemical urinalysis, which is advantageous to diagnostic clinic facilities that are short-staffed as with the case of rural areas. Through Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communication service, results of initial diagnosis can be transmitted to a designated computer receiver. The parallel testing of the WAUA with the standard routine urinalysis of a laboratory yielded an average percentage difference of 96%, prototype weight of 92% lighter, 89% smaller, and 89% cheaper than the average weight of commercially available urinalysis machine that does chemical urinalysis.