Samsung is moving forward with a steady rollout of blood pressure measurement and ECG monitoring on its consumer smartwatches. After securing regulatory approvals and launching the features in South Korea and the U.S. last year, the tech company announced today that both health monitoring tools will soon be released in an additional 31 countries. The expansion follows the Samsung Health Monitor ..read more

Apple has made available in Australia its electrocardiogram app for Series 4, 5 and 6 of its Apple Watch. An irregular rhythm notification feature that checks atrial fibrillation was also included in the Apple Watch Series 3 and later versions. WHAT IT DOES An Apple Watch with the A-Fib feature uses an optical heart sensor to occasionally check a user's heart rhythm. It alerts the user with a ..read more

AliveCor has updated the capabilities of its mobile ECG devices to identify three additional types of heart conditions, the company announced today. Sinus rhythm with supraventricular ectopy (SVE), sinus rhythm with premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and sinus rhythm with wide QRS are now all on the table of AliveCor's KardiaMobile line of ECG devices, which already detected atrial ..read more

ICT tech provider Fujitsu and the University of Tokyo Hospital in Japan have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence tool for the early detection of heart diseases. The partners announced on Monday that starting 25 October, they will enter a clinical research phase to verify the effectiveness of the technology in estimating abnormal heart movements based on electrocardiogram data. WHAT IT ..read more

The University of South Australia has published a study where an AI-powered computer vision system that has the same accuracy as an ECG machine was used to remotely monitor premature babies' vital signs. The platform can also detect their faces while lying in hospital beds. WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a press statement, the university's researchers developed the "baby detector" software using a ..read more

Amrita University, a private university in India, has launched a wearable health monitoring device for home use.  WHAT IT DOES Developed by Amrita's Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita Spandanam is a wearable device that uses a finger clip to measure six body parameters: blood glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, and 6-lead ECG. According to a ..read more

Singapore-based medtech company Us2.ai is expanding to Europe after receiving a CE mark for its automated decision support tool for echocardiography. The Us2.v1 software is an automated clinical workflow solution that identifies and analyses two-dimensional and Doppler echo images for the diagnosis, prediction, and prognosis of heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. The company claims that its ..read more

Medical AI company VUNO has received the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's clearance for its personal ECG device. Called Hativ Pro, the portable medical device simply measures a user's heart rate and sends this data through a connected mobile phone app.  WHY IT MATTERS VUNO has been offering a range of medical AI solutions for doctors and health facilities. Following this latest ..read more

VUNO scores government approval for at-home ECG device Medical AI developer VUNO has received the approval of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for its at-home ECG device. Called Hativ P30, the medical device not only provides a 6-lead heart signal measurement within 30 seconds, but it also analyses data to check for sinus rhythm, atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, and tachycardia.  The ..read more

Dozee coming up with AI-powered ECG patch for remote cardiac monitoring Indian medical device maker Dozee is introducing a new ECG patch device to its portfolio of remote monitoring solutions. According to a press release, the ECG patch monitors the heart's electrical activity continuously over multiple days. It will help detect arrhythmias and other early signs of cardiac deterioration ..read more