Fio Corporation, a health and technology company in Canada, has announced that it has received a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to deploy its rapid diagnostic solutions to fight Ebola in West Africa.

The gadget known as Fionet will enable health workers to carry out an instant diagnosis and record the data which can then be transmitted through a cloud based platform. Patients will also receive their results immediately and can be isolated if they are infected.

"In an outbreak, it is crucial for health workers to capture data at point of care — if health workers don't get that data, no one gets that data. It's equally crucial to treat immediately, on first encounter with the patient — but you can't treat what you haven't diagnosed," said Dr. Michael M. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO at Fio.

"Fionet fuses automated data capture with on-the-spot diagnostics. The Gates Foundation is accelerating our capability to be of service in the Ebola crisis," he added. The company however did not disclose the grant amount.

Fio said that the technology will reduce time between data capture and response. Currently only 18 laboratories can test for Ebola in West Africa.

"With real-time access to interactive network maps of contacts, managers will be able to quickly identify others who might be infected and begin to arrest transmission," the company said.

Other technology companies that have joined the fight against Ebola include, IBM which launched an avenue for citizens to place their reports to health authorities through text and voice services. The platform would then gather data on the spread of the disease.