Start-up develops automated COVID-19 screening device

Start-up Hayatt Med-Tech has announced the development of Hayatt Thermox-D, a patent-pending fully-automated device capable of performing rapid multi-parameter COVID-19 screening. 

This device provides communities and businesses a solution to mitigate the risk of infectious disease transmission, allowing them to more safely resume in-person activities and combat the progression of this devastating global pandemic.

Eradication of COVID-19 would require 80-90% of the population to acquire and maintain COVID-19 immunity either via prior infection or vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity. Despite the recent development, approval, and ongoing relentless efforts to ramp up the production of vaccine options, herd immunity will not be easily or quickly achieved due to numerous factors.

In the meantime, it is crucial to understand and accept that learning to live with this virus is our new normal. Utilising technological advancements in devising effective strategies for return-to-work and in-person activities is essential for re-establishing relative normalcy. Investing appropriate resources into establishing relatively safe and healthy environments for employees, customers, and community members will lead to instilling trust and confidence in people regarding such establishments, which subsequently will help bring people back. 

Hayatt Med-Tech launched the Thermox-D to try to provide businesses and communities a cost-effective solution to promoting health and safety without sacrificing the core values in employee and customer experience. With succeeding at slowing down the progression of the pandemic being of utmost importance, Thermox-D is designed to help stay ahead of the virus thru providing an additional protective measure against COVID-19 by more rigorously and accurately identifying symptoms and potentially preventing transmission of the disease. Utilising the latest in automated screening technology, this cutting-edge integrated device eliminates the necessity for human interface, offers portability, programmed self-disinfection, and an all-in-one body temperature, oxygen saturation level, and pulse rate rapid screening and monitoring capability. 

Thermox-D is capable of screening multiple parameters and identifying acute symptoms of COVID-19 within 12 seconds, including fully-automated self-disinfection after each and every screening session. It includes a customisable alarm indicator and will be offered in several models of varying screening capacity.

Fezan Hayat, founder, and CEO, Hayatt Med-Tech, said: “We are excited to announce the launch of our revolutionary Thermox-D screening device to serve as a key element for the future of work and safer re-engagement in social activities. As the world continues to grapple with the multifaceted conundrum of adopting to life with this destructive virus to a certain degree for the foreseeable future, we sincerely hope to help society address the complex global challenge of finding the delicate balance between cautiously navigating thru this overwhelming pandemic and bringing relative normalcy back to life.”