Tempus AI that predicts AF from ECG granted breakthrough device status
A convolutional neural network developed by a Tempus Labs / Geisinger Health collaboration received breakthrough medical device status for silent AF detection. Like many other...
Category : Mobile Health
The Coala Heart Monitor helps with palpitation anxiety: the RedHeart study
According to the recently published RedHeart study, the Coala Heart Monitor really helped women with palpitations overcome their fear and anxiety. In some cases, it...
A primer on atrial fibrillation and wearables
Smartwatches, smartphones, ECG patches. These days all sorts of devices try to detect atrial fibrillation. The cause is noble – save users from its deadly...
iKure partners with IBM to bring healthcare to the masses
Researchers and entrepreneurs in Europe and the US are struggling to come up with mHealth innovations that improve their countries’ already good health system. iKure...
ICD checkup via Bluetooth? There’s an app for that
Abbott’s Gallant CRT-D (biventricular cardiac defibrillator) is the first Bluetooth equipped implantable device. The device received the all-clear from FDA back in July and was...
The Coala Heart Monitor can detect AF says TEASE trial
Less than a month ago we reviewed the Coala Heart Monitor, praising its shift to patient use in atrial fibrillation (AF). A study recently published...
Doccla virtual wards: patients admitted in the comfort of home
Inpatients on an outpatient basis. That may sound like an oxymoron, but that’s exactly the NHS is doing, with help from Doccla virtual wards. The...
ATCOR plans to enable home monitoring of central blood pressure
ATCOR, subsidiary of Australian fim CardieX recently signed a three-year deal with Chinese Andon. The goal -develop and market home monitoring devices containing ATCOR’s SphygmoCor...
Fitbit Sense – one smartwatch to rule them all?
Fitbit recently announced the Fitbit Sense, a smartwatch filled to the brim with state-of-the-art tech. Their purpose? Give users a complete picture of their health....
inHEART promises to change cardiac electrophysiology
inHEART, a spin-off company by French tech institutes Inria and LYRIC, received $4.2 million dollars by VC firm Elaia. What they intend to do with...