Software and hardware aspects of the Cardiopad (as described by WIPO, official title not fetched)
- Filed
- December 2011
Medical devices and e-health
Arthur Zang: inventions and patents
Known for Cardiopad medical tabletNationality Cameroonian, as described by WIPO and Rolex
Arthur Zang, described by WIPO in 2014 as a 26-year-old Cameroonian engineer, developed the Cardiopad, a touchscreen medical tablet that records heart data such as electrocardiograms and sends it over the mobile network to specialists. WIPO reported that he filed a patent application with the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) in December 2011 and holds OAPI patent No. 16213. He was named a Young Laureate of the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise.2,3,1
Patents
Inventions
- Cardiopad. A touchscreen medical tablet, used with wireless electrodes, that produces a digitised electrocardiogram and sends heart test results over the mobile network to cardiologists for interpretation.2,3,1
Recognition
Sources
- Business in Cameroon, Cameroonian Arthur Zang, laureate of the 2014 Rolex Award for Enterprise out of 1,800 candidates (25 June 2014)
- WIPO Magazine, World Intellectual Property Organization, Cardiopad: Reaching the Hearts of Rural Communities in Africa (22 September 2014)
- Rolex Awards for Enterprise (archived by UNT Libraries), Arthur Zang, Rolex Young Laureate 2014 (archived copy) (archived 2014-10-30)