Currently on the market we can find doznes of
applications which monitor health parameters in real-time. They gather data
(like pulse, calorie consumption, time of sleep etc.) from sensors and show
them on some built-in display or send them wirelessly to mobile phone using for
example Bluetooth Smart technology.
However, there is still no available wireless
device that could show electrical activity of the heart. Inside doctor’s office
we can potentially see only a professional device called - Holter ECG. This
thing is attached to a belt or is hung around the neck. Its long cables are
connected to the electrodes, which collect electrical signal. The patient has
to carry the equipment for 24 hours, then he gives it
back to the doctor, who reads measures from the memory card.
As you can probably imagine, this solution is not a
particularly convenient one. Considering all these, we hit on an idea to create
simple, small device that allows us to see ECG in comfortable way. As we also
see a big potential in IoT technology, we also decided to public collected data
after all in the cloud.
Two
electrodes are enough to get the basic ECG curve. Perhaps you will tell us that
we won't achieve as good quality as 12-leads ECG, from those cardiologists can
diagnose the most sophisticated disease - you would be right. We create a
gadget that allows to see serious things that will alert you: it's time to meet
a doctor. More professional equipment may be developed in the future ;)
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