UCHEK: an affordable smartphone based point of care diagnostic system for a low resource medical setup

A point of care diagnosis system comprising of a smartphone and a method for reading the different reagent strips, that performs tests such as routine urinalysis, determining albumin to creatinine ratio and blood sugar tests based on reflectance photometry. uChek uses the camera sensor as an accurate image sensor, with the help of various image processing algorithms, to capture and perform various diagnostic tests. This system called uChek also pushes the data to a cloud database, to help monitor trends and track other useful data, making the results more accessible to labs, doctors and for demographic purposes. This system of diagnosis acts an alternative, affordable technology that not only makes the diagnosis a lot cheaper and suited to a low resource medical setup but also increases the usefulness of the data by recording seamlessly to a database and providing analysis, which helps in early detection and monitoring of treatment for various diseases.