{"id":11310,"date":"2013-05-30T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2013-05-30T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T09:13:07","slug":"urine-analysis-with-uchek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=11310","title":{"rendered":"Urine analysis with @uchek"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Screenshot_30_05_2013_10_16\"<\/a>Very interesting email I received on one of my favourite topics. If you measure what is going in it strikes me what is coming out is equally important.<\/div>\n
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After all doctors used to taste your urine \ud83d\ude42 It’s interesting how the FDA are getting drawn into the debate. Basically if you interept the dipstick manually it’s OK once you use a camera & computer it becomes a medical device! see here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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———————–email from uchek——————<\/div>\n

\nAfter our US and India app releases, it has been an interested time!\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
– Lots of\u00a0downloads\u00a0<\/b>of the uChek app on iPhone in USA and India<\/div>\n
– ALL our friends on the Android platform and in non-US, non-India geographies writing to ask “When will we get it?<\/b>“<\/div>\n
(btw Answer:\u00a0SOON!<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
We’re be sending an update on release in different geographies, and of course, the much anticipated Android app)<\/div>\n
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Also interesting development: uChek is a FDA registered device and we have been in discussions with the regulator about the classification of the product. Much commentary about this on the web. Like\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
We seem to be somehow in the center of a wider debate about innovation and regulation.<\/div>\n
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Another thing we’ve noticed –\u00a0nobody on\u00a0facebook<\/a>\u00a0wants to talk about urine using their real name \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
So we’ll use this email to talk about urinalysis, and what information the results of a urine test may contain …<\/b><\/div>\n
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A simple 10 parameter dipstick (less than 20 cents) can be a powerful diagnostic tool. This is precise the type of test strip we read using the\u00a0uChek app, through the iPhone’s camera.\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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\"\"Such a standard urine test strip may comprise up to 10 different chemical pads or reagents which react and hence change color when immersed in, and then removed from, a urine sample. The readings can be obtained between 60 and 120 seconds of dipping. Each parameter has to be read at a specific time after the start of the reaction, as per the manufacturer’s instructions. There are many manufacturers and many types of strips. Information about concentration measurements of parameters like glucose, urobilinogen, pH, ketone, occult blood, protein, bilirubin, nitrite, leukocyte, and specific gravity in urine may be obtained in this way.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The absence or relative concentration of different parameters may provide inputs for healthcare professionals for diagnosis, and management of upto 25 medical conditions.<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Glucose:<\/h4>\n

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Glucose is not normally present in the urine.<\/b>
\nOnce the level of glucose in the blood reaches a renal threshhold, the kidneys begin to excrete it into the urine in an attempt to decrease the blood concentration. So high blood concentrations lead to glucosuria, as does conditions that may reduce this renal threshold.<\/p>\n