Physician Develops A Cradle Which Turns iPhone Into A Lifesaving CPR Tool?

Since the iPhone has been released, we've see quite a few medical apps and accessories... But not like this. Dr. Ivor Kovic, an emergency physician from Croatia, has developed a device which turns the iPhone into a physical tool. The overall device may look familiar to some of you who remember a device released about 20 years ago that measured your depth of compressions for you.

The device, which is only in the prototype stage now, allows for an iPhone or iPod touch to be inserted into a plastic cradle that assists an individual in performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR (also known as 'basic life support' in most of the world). The user would open the PocketCPR app (free) and place the iPhone into the cradle. The cradle allows for greater leverage during CPR, thus reducing administrator fatigue, while also allowing unobstructed views of the the CPR app which is giving audio and visual commands to the user.

Dr. Kovic says that his device isn't necessarily intended for non-medical professionals who might only have to perform CPR once in their lives. He sees its primary advantage in hospital settings where doctors perform CPR on a daily basis. Also, the device could be useful in schools and businesses as an inexpensive way to help people perform CPR correctly.

You can read more at Dr. Kovic's blog.