CoolComply Vaccine and Medication Refrigeration and Monitoring Unit

Still In Development Last Update: January 11, 2013

Innovations in International Health at MIT, has partnered with the Global Health Committee, and Global Health Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, to develop a solar-powered refrigerator called CoolComply to store medications to treat Mutli-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and monitor patient adherence. CoolComply features a wireless technology to send data about the temperature of the medication and patient adherence levels to local providers through SMS. The current prototype contains a microcontroller board and cell phone module.