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Title: AliveCor’s standalone Apple Watch heart monitor is serious about health, not fitness Post by: HCK on March 18, 2016, 04:05:27 pm AliveCor’s standalone Apple Watch heart monitor is serious about health, not fitness
<article> <section class="page"> <p> A group of former Googlers are looking to turn the Apple Watch into an FDA-approved medical device for people with heart conditions.</p><p> AliveCor’s Kardia Band is an Apple Watch wrist strap with an ECG sensor attached. Tapping on the sensor triggers a reading, and allows users to dictate symptoms and other relevant information. The results then go straight to a doctor over email, Re/code reports (http://recode.net/2016/03/16/medical-startup-alivecor-bakes-heart-monitor-into-apple-watch-poaches-two-googlers-for-exec-team/). The sensor is meant to detect arterial fibrillations (https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/af), a type of arrhythmia that can increase the risk of stroke and cause chest pains or heart failure.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3044550/consumer-electronics/alivecor-s-standalone-apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-serious-about-health-not-fitness.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: AliveCor’s standalone Apple Watch heart monitor is serious about health, not fitness (http://www.macworld.com/article/3044550/consumer-electronics/alivecor-s-standalone-apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-serious-about-health-not-fitness.html#tk.rss_all) |