Body fluid like blood and lymph are very valuable

to reveal underlying chronic diseases as mentioned. To

enhance the effectiveness of a wearable health
monitor like fibit, Ketchup would like to give a try on
fluid testing. But How can it work inside a small device
like a watch? The operation process of Ketchup mainly
includes 3 steps: collection of body fluid from our body
and, after that, testing respective concentration levels
of chemical substances and finally, giving feedback to
users in a mobile application.
The very first challenge for ketchup is to draw blood
and lymph into the device. It sounds crazy but we are
using the principle of a dialysis machine. The machine
draws blood from a diabetes patient to remove excess
glucose in their blood. After the washing process is
finished, blood would be delivered back to users body.
Ketchup would exploit the same principle but we aim
to reduce the size of wound by minimizing the
diameter of needles as we are just using a small
amount of fluid. A doctor would install the device on
your forearm and fix it properly.
We are going to test glucose and protein in blood and
fat in lymph as high level of glucose and protein in
blood may indicate liver failure or diabetes which are
prevailing diseases in Hong Kong, while fat is also a
main factor to indicate whether the user is obese. The
testing mechanism behind is straightforward as we
take reference on chemical testing in laboratories. If
you had taken biology classes in secondary school, you
would have done such an experiment: to test glucose,
you put the moist sample onto a piece of clinistix
paper. If glucose is present, the yellow strip would turn
green in an instant. Inspiringly, the degree of green is
not always the same for any two samples but the
difference in the depth of green indicates the variation
in concentration of glucose. By using this simple
principle, we finalize the design of Ketchup!
Lets watch the animation of the operation of Ketchup.
As we can see, blood and lymph are drawn from our
body and divided into several channels. Each channel
is responsible for testing different chemicals and the
blue bar above the channel is the injector of testing
agent into the channel. The sample then form a color
fluid after reacting with the testing agent. Next, we
place a colorimeter above the testing channels as the
animation shows to measure the color intensity of each
sample and deliver the result to the storage center in
the main device. As the capacity in the main case is
small as we desire to make it more flexible and handy,
the main device would not calculate the respective
concentration from the testing results, instead, a
wireless connection device is installed to send the
testing result to a mobile application for further
integration of results.
The mobile application would play an important role to
proceed calculation of concentration of chemicals, so
that Ketchup is able to provide a more comprehensive
information of health conditions of the user by showing
concentration of glucose, proteins, etc. in our body
fluid. If there is any abnormality such as extremely
high glucose concentration, Ketchup would
immediately alert the user and the doctor who is
authorized by the user to make appointment for
further health assessment in hospital.
This is a brief picture of Ketchup operation. But there
are some common questions on Ketchup. Would it be
welcomed by the public and could it share a profit in
the competitive medical industry? Tommy would like to
share and eliminate your concerns in advance.