A Rangitikei teenager is looking for funding to get his medical innovation off the ground.
Fifteen-year-old Ben Bell came up with his Wellband idea when he was a pupil at Huntley School in 2011.
The Wellband would replace the traditional hospital wristband with a band which is GPS traceable and can store a patient's files. It would connect to a smartphone app and a computer database which could be accessed by medical staff and families.
Ben is looking to raise $12,000 to fund a prototype which he would use to attract investors. So far his Gofundme page has raised nearly $2000.
A former Rangitikei College student, Ben's family recently moved to Otaki. He has spent four years developing the idea - a lot of that time researching the technology required.