Raj Sadhu, Founder, Vyzin,
has created a smart watch that allows one to remotely monitor critical health
parameters such as heart rate, blood pressure, sugar levels, ECG, pulse rate as
well as the physical location.
Jyotsna Desai, a promising
scientist based in Gujarat, was in a major dilemma. She had just received a
letter from a major R&D firm based in the USA offering her the opportunity
to work on a futuristic technology that would propel her career to new heights.
Not only was the R&D firm willing to sponsor her research, it was even
willing to offer her a joint patent if her research was successful. While
Jyotsna would have been normally excited by this opportunity, she was confused
because of the health of her aged parents. Some thoughts quickly raced through
her head, “Who would remind her diabetic mother to regularly check her sugar
levels? How would she ensure that her father who had already suffered one heart
attack was taking medications on time?”
Jyotsna’s dilemma is similar to many young professionals who have their aged parents at home, and have no way to monitor the health or understand if their parents are safe. This was exactly the situation that inspired and prompted Raj Sadhu, Founder, Vyzin to create a smart watch, called VESAG that can remotely transmit key health parameters via existing cellular networks to a central server.
Jyotsna’s dilemma is similar to many young professionals who have their aged parents at home, and have no way to monitor the health or understand if their parents are safe. This was exactly the situation that inspired and prompted Raj Sadhu, Founder, Vyzin to create a smart watch, called VESAG that can remotely transmit key health parameters via existing cellular networks to a central server.
Explaining the inspiration
behind creating this device, Raj Sadhu, says, “In 2010, I had to come back to
India from the U.S. to take care of my parents. In India, I started thinking
why cannot I monitor their health from there? So, I searched for some devices,
but could not find anything. This prompted me to create the device; I patented
the idea in USPTO, India and started working on a device that can send data
through mobile communications. I rented an apartment, hired couple of freshers
with IT background and started building the product. I can proudly say that we
are the first ones.”
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