watchDMD

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  Logo (Physician)

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  Logo (Patient)

Inspiration

This project has been built taking inspiration from one of my high school classmates who suffered from DMD. I have closely seen his struggles and the inconveniences caused due to untimely muscle-weakening tests and after-effects of medications, and how they interfered with his daily life. Through this project, I have presented an idea that tries to limit unnecessary visits to a physician's office while being consistent at collecting data and the worsening of symptoms. This is a step towards providing personalized treatment since having all data and records at the leisure of the physician's phone will enable him to provide patient-specific plans.

What it does

The app is coupled with a chest belt that consists of force sensors. These sensors, via a simple python program, record the force exerted by the user on the belt. As this decreases over time, the physician will be able to record the decrease, along with this, the patient can fill a symptoms questionnaire that will further assist the physician to judge the patient's condition. The app also has other functionalities that promote personalized care such as prescription manager, exercise/physiotherapy center, discussion forum, chatboxes, etc.

How I built it

The prototype of the app has been built using Figma and the computer program for the sensors and reading comparison has been written in Python. Adobe Inventor has been used to design the chest belt prototype.

What's next for watchDMD

The next step would be to align the code with the interface of the app. Also, a way to connect the sensor information from the Python program to the mobile app needs to be determined.

Built With

• figma
• inventor
• python