Joel de Oliveira Junior He lost his two-year-old son to cancer. After this loss, I wanted to help other parents in the same situation. I leave work who worked as an engineer in a telecommunications company and created Lucky Techwhat objectives Reduce the mortality rate of children undergoing cancer treatment. The first creation is a Device that monitors, in real time, the health status of children. with the disease.
Four years after the idea, the project has grown and is now being tested at the Hospital de Amor in Barretos, Brazil. One of the hospitals in the world that treats the most cancer patients.
“Everyone thinks the device is great technology, but Big tech is the entire ecosystem that was created. So we create a device that sticks, with adhesive, to the child’s armpit Is sends that child’s vital signs to the parentsthrough an application, and to doctors and nurses. In the hospital there is also a control panel, a screen, which shows not only vital signs but also the location of each patient. For example, if João is in Cascais with a fever and his treatment is in Lisbon at the IPO, everyone is notified and measures are taken to get Joãozinho to the hospital as quickly as possible, so that he can react quickly. All people receiving cancer treatment have very low immunity. So sometimes people don’t die from cancer, but from the flu. If fever takes too long to clear, it can be fatal”he explained to TSF Joel de Oliveira.
The battery of the small device lasts 22 days and takes only 45 minutes to charge. It’s also waterproof, meaning kids rarely have to take it off.
“It is a device that stays with the child for a long time. The average treatment for children with cancer here in Portugal is three months, for a long time. The most interesting thing is that the cost of a child undergoing cancer treatment is very high and between 45 and 60% of that cost are admissions to Intensive Care Units. These intensive care units are the most expensive rooms in hospitals. When we take that person who is undergoing cancer treatment to the hospital more quickly, prevents that person from going to intensive care. I am greatly reduces treatment costs and we will be able to serve many more people and children,” said the founder of Lucky Tech.
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The IPO and the Champalimaud Foundation have already shown interest in the device
This is the third time that this Brazilian has crossed the ocean to come to the Web Summit in Portugal. The technology summit allowed him to show his work at the Porto IPO and the Champalimaud Foundation also showed interest in the technology.
“The IPO called me and we presented what we have been doing. As soon as we have more resources We can also do a proof of concept at the IPO.or in Porto or Lisbon. The Champalimaud Foundation also wanted to know what do we do. It is a great pride because I thought I would be helping the neighborhood where I live and I am already crossing borders,” she admits.
Although initially designed for children, at Hospital de Amor in Brazil, the Lucky Tech device is also being tested on adults.
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“I focused on children because since only 2% of cancers in the world occur in children, no one makes technology dedicated to them. That’s why we did something that was comfortable for children. If it is for a three-month-old child, it will also be for an 80-year-old adult. We managed to make this have a very broad scope,” added Joel de Oliveira.
Source: TSF
