CLINICARE (India), a Mumbai-based company has launched the FRIO Insulin Wallet in India. The wallet is meant for cooling insulin and is of great use for those who are on the move and have no access to refrigeration or during power outages while travelling. Unlike traditional insulin carrying cases, FRIO Insulin Wallet’s cooling properties are not derived from an ice-pack or anything that needs refrigeration. It is easily activated by water.
The wallet is an environment-friendly green re-usable product. It can conveniently be carried around on oneself or in one’s hand baggage. FRIO Insulin Wallet was invented by a first-generation UK-based entrepreneur Garnet Wolsey over 15 years ago. The product was evaluated by the British Diabetic Association in 1999 and was awarded a Millennium product status by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Over the years, the product has become popular across the world. FRIO Insulin Wallet is an evaporative cooling unit that has been designed to keep in use insulin and other temperature-sensitive medications cool, within safe temperature of 18-26°C for upto 45 hours, in a constant environmental temperature of upto 37.8°C. The wallet can be re-activated every other day for the life of in-use insulin i.e. 28 days. “The best part is that, even after years of using the FRIO Insulin Wallet, its effectiveness does not diminish, unless damaged.” FRIO Insulin wallet is available in all major metros in India. The product is also available for online procurement on domestic health portals.
EH News Bureau