Telescrypts combines a wearable device with a smartphone app to bring healthcare services to hard-to-access areas of developing countries. The wearable device, used to collect data, is designed for durability. Data is stored in the cloud and can be accessed and analyzed by clinicans

The company has locations in Phoenix, AZ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Arusha, Tanzania.

Founder and CEO Omron Blauo, who was one of Medtech's Rising Stars this year, told MD+DI that the company's main goal is "developing and growing our technology to be used in every African hospital, and then grow into other markets."

Learn more about "Digital Health Opportunities: Patient Populations and Markets Around the World" during the BIOMEDevice San Jose Conference and Expo, December 7-8.