No one knows for sure but Apple appears to be strongly interested in adding medical applications and technologies to its current and future products. We know that Apple has patented a heart sensor that could be incorporated in a future iPhone or iWatch, though it seems more likely that it would be used for security rather than health purposes. We…
Apple Patent Could Add Heart Sensor To iPhones
January 6, 2014 by 1 Comment
On Christmas Eve the US Patent Office dropped a present down Apple’s chimney: a patent for a “seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor” that might one day allow an iPhone to identify and authenticate a user through the unique signature of the heart’s electrocardiogram (ECG). … Click here to read the full story on Forbes. …
Instagram for Heart Attacks: iPhone App Speeds ECG Transmission To Hospital
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In the crucial early stages of a possible heart attack, EMTs on the scene now rely on slow and unreliable proprietary technology to transmit vital ECG data to physicians at a hospital for evaluation. But a new iPhone app using standard cell phone networks may help speed the process and, ultimately, cut delays in treatment…
What’s Next for the iPhone ECG Following Regulatory Clearance?
January 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
from Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry: What’s Next for the iPhone ECG Following Regulatory Clearance? The user base and functionality of mobile ECG technology is set to expand. “After recently winning FDA clearance and CE Mark certification, the iPhone ECG from AliveCor (San Francisco, CA), is poised to kickstart a disruption of the traditional ECG…
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