Techies from Kolkata launch app to monitor oxygen saturation, pulse rate from your phone

A new smartphone app enables users to monitor their oxygen saturation levels and pulse rates with high accuracy using just the smartphone camera and flashlight.

The need to check one’s vital signs like Oxygen saturation levels and respiration rates has gained utmost importance since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. This has further skyrocketed the demand for devices like oximeters that enable such monitoring. A consequent lack of supply now plagues the market, and technological innovations might be the only ones to our rescue. Case in point, a new smartphone app developed by a health-tech startup based out of Kolkata. Called CarePlix Vital’s, the new app uses your smartphone’s rear camera and flashlight to monitor Oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse and respiration rates within seconds. Developed by CareNow Healthcare, the application requires nothing else other than a smartphone and an internet connection to operate. It is currently a registration based application available on Apple App Store. It takes around 40 seconds to display the readings of the aforementioned vitals. These readings can further be saved on the cloud for record-keeping.