Review: Kito+, the iPhone case that doubles as a portable ECG machine and more<div class="feat-image">
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<p>Prior to the official announcement of the <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-watch/" target="_blank">Apple Watch[/url], there were multiple rumors that the device would be packed with health-related sensors. When it finally launched, however, it got just a heart-rate monitor – albeit a <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/20/apple-watch-heart-rate-monitor-details/" target="_blank">sophisticated[/url] one. A <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/23/apple-watch-teardown/" target="_blank">teardown[/url] revealed that there’s also a <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/24/apple-watch-blood-oxygen/" target="_blank">pulse oximeter[/url] in there, to measure oxygen saturation in your blood, but Apple hasn’t yet activated that functionality.</p>
<p>The apparent turnabout on sensors was explained by Tim Cook, who last year told the <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2015/11/10/apple-health-products-tim-cook/" target="_blank">
Telegraph[/url] that Apple wanted to avoid the need for FDA approval as a regulated health product as that would slow innovation. Any additional sensors, he strongly hinted, would be external.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to wait that long, however, health-tech company Azoi has launched the Kito+, a credit-card sized unit that pairs with an iPhone app to measure heart-rate, ECG, blood oxygen, respiration rate and skin temperature. Costing £99 ($145), you can either use it as a standalone unit, or slot it into the supplied iPhone case for the iPhone 6/6s/Plus …</p>
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http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/29/review-kito-plus-ecg-02-sats/#more-429248" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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