(Business in Cameroon) - The first African medical tablet created by Cameroonian Arthur Zang, is now sold in Cameroon by the start-up Himore Medical. 100 kits will first be available, followed by another 200 in February 2016, the inventor of this tablet announced in an interview given to the Cameroonian pro-government daily.

According to Arthur Zang, 20 purchase orders (they are placed exclusively on Himore Medical's website) from hospitals in Cameroon as well as the Central African sub-region have been received to this date.

Moreover, the Cardiopad kits now available on the market at FCfa 2 million per unit, are an updated version of the device. "The feedback from the pilot phase launched in 2014 was that the sensor we were using was allowing to receive only 4 electrocardiogram body signals. But the human body has 12 of those signals. We got some training in China and Korea thanks to a funding from Rolex, to create a new sensor and therefore, set up a complete diagnostic" Arthur Zang said.

The parts used for assembling the first 3,000 Cardiopad come from China. To transport these 700 Kg of electronic components from China to the port of Douala in Cameroon, Arthur Zang indicates, his start-up Himore Medical was granted a customs rights exemption by the Cameroonian government.

As a reminder, the Cardiopad is a device which enables its user to remotely record and transmit the cardiac parameters of a patient. This invention which brought international fame to the young Cameroonian inventor Arthur Zang, helps in compensating for the lack of cardiologists in the hospitals.

BRM