It is time to make a technology available globally that would not only help save lives but also would give peace of mind to millions of people around the world who would use this technology on a regular basis and make sure their kidneys are healthy and functioning well. Nothing can beat sense of security of your own health, especially when it comes to your own kidney.
If you ask any common man – do you have or know of any tool for monitoring your blood pressure or sugar level at your own home? Almost all of them will say “YES”. But if you further ask them if they are aware of any device or tool to check the state of health of their own kidney, right at the comfort of their own home? Then, the overwhelming answer would be a “NO”. This is because until now only handful of people are aware about the existence of any such home test kit that detects kidney health. Now to bring relief for the section of population that needs close monitoring of their kidney heath, our Kidney Care Team has invented such a diagnostic device called URINE ALBUKIT.
Our innovation Urine Albukit is a ‘One-Minute Home Test Kit’ that is meant for quickly and precisely identifying the presence of the protein albumin in the urine, sitting at home. With this kit instant detection, prevention, and monitoring of any minor, major, or total kidney failure is easily possible. That too from ‘any time’ urine sample; No blood sample is required. The incidence of Proteinuria (presence of protein in the urine) is a classic sign of kidney damage and its management carries powerful prognostic information about the health of the kidneys.
Worldwide, it has been estimated that as many as 600 million people are suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Primarily the two major causes of CKD are diabetes and high blood pressure.
To remain fit and free from kidney complications, occasional testing for the presence of albumin in the urine is highly essential even for a normal and healthy person.
AN APPEAL OF TIME & TRUTH:
Now is the time when funds are needed the most to achieve the target of Packaging, Manufacturing, including distribution and globalization of this amazing new kit called Personal Kidney Care Kit (or Urine Albukit), so that it becomes accessible to all the people of the world, whether healthy individual or a known kidney patient. The success of this kit lies in your hand in making people aware of the importance of one of the most vital human body organs---the kidney. Big part of funding will be involved in running mass Kidney Care campaigns explaining general public how to use the kit and monitor the health of their kidney and reach places where there is a big shortage of medical help.
With your assistance and generous donations our scientific non-profit organization plans to make this novel Kidney Care kit become an essential house-hold necessity, and is made accessible to all people who are prone to Kidney disease and Kidney failure, eventually ending up in Dialysis one step at a time. People must now start knowing that there is indeed available a simple, and powerful, technology that can keep them safe from any impending Kidney damage. Unfortunately, if some kidney damage has already happened, then, by making use of this simple kit, the patient gets an opportunity to visually see for himself / herself about the actual progress (or deterioration) taking place in the kidney’s health during the medical treatment.
History:
After a 15-year-long research work, which started at India based Kanpur Test House, (Kanpur Test House (KTH) is an independent chemical testing laboratory, part of non-profit organizationChemistry for Humanity and Devinity and trusted by private as well State and Central Govt. agencies. It is active in vivid areas of chemical testing and R & D work) we have developed this novel life-saving, and simple home test kit with the help of which any one can check the true health status of his/her own kidney within seconds. The kit, named as URINE ALBUKIT, selectively identifies the urinary protein---albumin---a condition called albuminuria in particular or proteinuria in general. When kidneys are working properly, albumin should not be present in the urine. But somehow when the kidneys are damaged, small amounts of albumin start leaking out into the urine, which is a red alert indicating some serious threat to kidneys. Such a dangerous condition is often faced by persons suffering from diabetes, cardiovascular problems, hypertension, etc. The dangerous presence of albumin and other proteins in urine can only be easily detected by this novel kit kit, and that too at negligible cost. This kit can certainly save millions of lives if launched universally.
The idea for developing Personal Kidney Care Kit arose in our mind following the occurrence of many untimely deaths due to kidney failure in family and friends’ circle; and doctors could do nothing as they utterly failed at all fronts. Their diagnosis proved faulty. Then we initiated our own R & D work. The experimental period lasted for over 10 years, and at long last success came to us, and we created a prototype model in 2009, and then sent our innovation application for the Grant of Patent rights.
Awards won by Urine Albukit’ technology:
Because of its uniqueness, the URINE ALBUKIT has won (in April 2011) DST-Lockheed Martin Innovation Growth Program (IIGP) 2011 award as one of the most promising technologies which has the potential to capture markets in North America, Asia and all over the world. Our kit was awarded a GOLD MEDAL by American industrial corporation, Lockheed Martin ( aided by FICCI and the IC2 College of the University of Texas, at Austin, USA ).
On March 4, 2012, Urine Albukit technology also won the prestigious BizBuzz 2012 Business Plan Competition, in New Delhi, India.
Global Presence and Mobilization:
This product has the potential to cross geographical and cultural boundaries and provides health information / alert to a large population that is constantly suffering from a most common malady—the “kidney damage”. Our organization has invested a lot in terms of life savings, time and sweat equity to give a final shape to this innovation so that the eventual goal of it's globaliation can be achieved.
Hence, we firmly believe that the message contained in this innovation will certainly spread and exponentially grow in future and save countless human lives. Through our limited resources we have already managed to save lives of 100s of people on whom we have used this technology, thereby alerting many of them that they must see the doctor immediately for getting their kidney protected from further damage. Many patients after using our kit took precautions and thus saved themselves from ending up in a dialysis chamber.
All Governments of the world can also benefit for launching kidney care campaigns for their general population. The doctors wishing for an on the spot checking of the status of the kidney health of their patients are also expected to use this kit. The WHO, UNICEF and Kidney-care organizations in different countries can also use the kit for achieving their health monitoring goals.
Alarming Facts about Kidney Disease / Damage:
Ø The chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global threat to human health .
Ø Worldwide about 600 million people suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Ø Shockingly, about 90 % of the people come to know about the bad condition of their kidney very-very late.
Ø By the time CKD patients approach doctors, more than 50 % of their kidney is already damaged.
Ø CKD is ‘Silent Killer’, and proves fatal if remains undiagnosed for longer period.
Ø The chronic Kidney disease has doubled in the last 15 years.
Ø It is estimated that currently there are over 1 million people worldwide who are alive on dialysis or with kidney transplant.
Ø Diabetes is an important cause of kidney failure because it is five times more common in the Asians when compared with the white population
Ø Another lifestyle related disorder–Hypertension--is an important cause of kidney failure as it has also caused a global increase in its incidence.
Ø Almost 76% kidney failure occurs due to hypertension or diabetes. The other high-risk patients are smokers and obese persons with a sedentary lifestyle.
Ø There are approximately 7.85 million people suffering from chronic kidney failure in India alone.
Ø More than 20 million Americans--one in nine adults--have chronic kidney disease. More than 20 million others are at increased risk. Kidney disease is one of the costliest illnesses in the U.S. today.
Ø In India 90% patients who suffer from kidney disease are not able to afford the cost of treatment.
KIDNEY IS THE MOST TRANSPLANTED ORGAN
Ø According to recent statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), just over 100,000 solid organ transplants are performed every year, worldwide. Of this figure, approximately 69,400 are renal transplants, 20,200 are liver transplants, 5,400 are heart transplants, 3,400 are lung transplants and 2,400 are pancreas transplants.
Ø Overall, renal transplants account for almost 70% of all solid organ transplants worldwide. This is an alarming figure !
Ø This makes the kidney the most sought-after organ in the entire world.
Even more alarming is
Ø The approximately 69,400 annual renal transplants only represent a mere 10% of the actual estimated need. Surely, these statistics should be enough to jolt us out of complacency and are waking us up to the reality and magnitude of the global problem of renal failure.
To Whom this technology will help?
Kidney patients.
Diabetics.
Cardio-vascular patients.
Hypertension patients.
Physicians and Clinical biochemists.
All healthy individuals (for prophylaxis purpose).
All smokers, drinkers, and obese persons with a sedentary lifestyle.
The Urine Albukit is meant to help bridge all the existing and would-be-emerging kidney patients with the doctors for preventing their kidney from getting totally damaged. After using the kit, as more and more of the unaware kidney patients will get awakened and start visiting the doctors, the latter would also experience an increase in their medical practice as well.
How can kidney damage be slowed & prevented?
Ø The early detection of kidney impairment is highly essential that would alert us for seeking suitable treatment before kidney is totally damaged leading to numerous other life threatening complications. Persistent passage of protein in the urine is an early sign of chronic kidney disease, but it has to be detected. Detection of albumin (or any other protein) can only help to detect kidney damage at an early stage.
Early detection and treatment of CKD not only slows or halts the progression of patients to the end-stage renal disease, but can also significantly reduce the increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases, the most common secondary cause of premature deaths worldwide.
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