abstract:A medical tricorder is a handheld portable scanning device to be used by consumers to self-diagnose medical conditions within seconds and take basic vital measurements. While the idea for a medical tricorder has been mostly hypothetical until May 2013, there are reports that a firm named ScanaduNote: name Scanadu a merging of scan and Xanadu, according to indiegogo has built one which they call the Scanadu Scout.
The Canadian Space Agency is on the verge of making the Star Trek MedicalTricorder a reality with the Microflow, a medical scanner that's currently in development.