The First TriCorder and Most Successful mHealth Product
Our Solution
The Result
The Story
Pioneering mobile health with Intel and BPL Medical
We are on a relentless quest to make the unseen, seen; and the complex, simple. And sometimes, we get to be a part of something that truly matters. This was one of those times. It’s the story of the BPL LifePhone Plus, a device that was more than just a gadget—it was a glimpse into the future of personal health, a truly groundbreaking product that showed how a little bit of design thinking could make a huge impact.
India has among the highest global incidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The healthcare gap was not about knowledge—it was about access. Most diagnostics remained locked inside large hospitals, and consumer devices were limited to single-parameter monitors.
This is where the story of the BPL LifePhone+ begins. Intel wanted to extend its mobile computing platform into healthcare and imagined a personal device that could track multiple vitals, anywhere, anytime. Born from the Quantified Self Movement, the idea was simple: to create a device that could be an extension of a person’s body, a constant companion that could monitor vital health metrics.
OUR APPROACH
A single device delivers insights across ECG, blood glucose, and activity tracking.
THE OUTCOME
A New Standard for Wearable Wellness
This device laid the groundwork for the modern mHealth revolution. The LifePhone Plus became the first multi-parameter mHealth product in the world, combining ECG, Blood Glucose, Activity Monitoring, Blood Pressure (later software integrations).
Launched by BPL—India’s largest medical device brand—the product not only reached domestic consumers but was also exported overseas. It quickly became BPL’s most successful portable, personal ECG device.
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- Beat global X-Prize and Tricorder contenders like Scanadu Scout to market.
- Validated Intel’s vision for mobile healthcare.
- Set a benchmark for seamless integration of hardware, software, and medical-grade usability in a consumer-friendly form.
- Stayed in market until 2019, when Apple acquired Intel’s smartphone communications business.