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Title: After Apple Watch ECG, we could see Force Touch-based blood pressure readings
Post by: HCK on September 18, 2018, 04:05:21 pm
After Apple Watch ECG, we could see Force Touch-based blood pressure readings

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/09/Apple-Watch-force-touch.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Apple made headlines when it announced that the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-watch-series-4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Watch Series 4[/url] offered the ability to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/12/apple-watch-ecg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">take ECG readings[/url], with FDA clearance for the feature. A subsequent report revealed that the device is <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/14/apple-watch-series-4-ecg-accuracy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 98% accurate[/url] at detecting AFib.</p>
<p>A report today suggests that it could soon be just as easy to obtain a blood pressure reading for an iPhone or Apple Watch, using Apple’s <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/3d-touch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3D Touch[/url] or <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/force-touch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Force Touch[/url] technology …</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/17/blood-pressure-iphone-apple-watch/#more-552484" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><div class="feedflare">
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