Wearables

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for wearable cardiac diagnostic systems. These include technologies related to smart phone apps, wearable monitors, consumer-grade wearables and medical grade FDA cleared wearables. A good overview on the future of these technologies can be found in this article.

The Cardiologs AI-enabled software being used to remotely monitor a cardiac patient. #Telecardiology, cardiac telehealth

News | Remote Monitoring

Philips Expand Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With Cardiologs Acquisition

November 20, 2021 – Philips announced it signed an agreement to acquire Cardiologs, a France-based medical technology ...

November 09, 2021

The Vagus Breathe ECG app for the Apple Watch is the first test to measure the exact breathing flow with an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording. It uses a 30-second breathing test for wearable device. It is being used to monitor long-COVID patients.

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Apple Watch Adds New Breathing Test Based on ECG Analysis

November 1, 2021 — Health AI company Vagus.co, based in Cambridge, U.K., has launched a 30-second breathing test for ...

November 01, 2021

The Biotricity Biocare Cardiac app for the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 offers mobile cardiac telemetry with real-time monitoring and transmission of ECG information. It also can interface with FDA-cleared devices, including a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter and a blood pressure cuff.

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Biotricity Launches Biocare Cardiac Application for Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 Series

October 15, 2021 — Biotricity Inc. announced the release of Biocare Cardiac, a personal, cardiac health application for ...

October 15, 2021

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Blog | ECG

BLOG: Rethinking Traditional ECG Outsourcing

Technology-enabled “Insourcing” approach to cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis provides patient and provider benefits The ...

September 19, 2022

SimpleSense is an FDA cleared remote diagnostic platform. The cloth-based nanosensor technology undergarment monitors multiple patient vitals such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, and physical activity.

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

FDA Clears Nanowear Platform to Implement AI-based Home Diagnostics and Monitoring Network

October 4, 2021 – Nanowear, a hospital-at-home and remote diagnostic platform that used proprietary wearable cloth ...

October 04, 2021

Gallery | HIMSS | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Photo Gallery of New Technologies at HIMSS 2021

The annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2021 meeting is the largest health information ...

August 18, 2021

The devices compared in the study were the Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor long-term continuous ECG system (left) and the BioGuardian MCT cardiac event monitor (right). #HRS21 #HRS2021 #HeartRhythm21

News | EP Lab

Human ECG Monitoring Outperforms AI Dependent Remote Cardiac Monitoring

July 29, 2021 – Results from a new clinical trial found human-oversight dependent continuous electrocardiography (ECG) ...

July 29, 2021

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Several wearable, less-obtrusive ECG monitors fhave been cleared by the FDA for longer wear. This example is Cardiac Insight’s Cardea SOLO device.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: Moving Beyond Holter ECG: The Rise in Next Generation Technology

When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...

August 24, 2022

The BardyDx Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM) is a P-wave centric wearable ambulatory cardiac patch monitoring and arrhythmia detection device.

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor Patch Decreases Diagnosis Time and Readmissions

July 29, 2021 — A recent clinical study from Overlake Medical Center utilizing the Bardy Diagnostics Carnation ...

July 29, 2021

The AcQMap 3D Imaging and Mapping System, left, and the AliveCor KardiaMobile device and app for personal ECG monitoring using a smartphone, right. The companies plan to use remote monitoring to see if it helps improve care for ablation patients.

News | EP Lab

AliveCor and Acutus Partner to Evaluate Arrhythmia Management and Treatment

July 27, 2021 — AliveCor Inc., which offers FDA-cleared, smart-phone enabled personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology ...

July 27, 2021

In the past decade there has been a proliferation of clinical-grade wearable monitors and implantable devices such as pacemakers, ICDs, implantable cardiac monitors, and new pacemaker-like devices that can control hypertension. In the near future, these devices will be tied into a body-wide internet of things for specific patients that can transmit patient data to clinicians wirelessly to enable an integrated, more robust form of telecardiology and telemedicine.

Feature | Telecardiology | Victor Wollesen

Next Generation Cardiac Wearables and Implantables Will Integrate Into Wireless Body Area Networks

Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death for people over 65 years old in North America and Europe ...

July 23, 2021

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The ECG data is automatically analyzed by the Cardea SOLO software and an easy to read and interpret report is generated in five minutes.

Blog | Wearables

BLOG: Cardiac Monitoring in the Time of COVID-19: Next Generation Wearable ECG Technology Comes into Its Own

COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office ...

August 24, 2022

The FDA has cleared Angel Medical Systems' second-generation AngelMed Guardian device. The implantable cardiac device detects and warns patients if they are having an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, including silent heart attacks. The new, second-generation device is enhanced with ease-of-use adaptations and an updated, long life battery that could potentially double the life of the implanted device

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

FDA Approves AngelMed Enhanced Real-Time Cardiac Monitor for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Events

July 1, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Angel Medical Systems Inc. second-generation ...

July 01, 2021

Telecradiology remote monitroing programs grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. An example of a remote cardiac monitor that saw increased use is InfoBionic's MoMe Kardia device. It offers mobile cardiac telemetry with near real-time, on-demand full disclosure of ECG data 24/7. Using a wearable monitor, MoMe continuously records telemetry data, uploading it to a cloud-based platform that clinicians may access at anytime.

News | Remote Monitoring

Remote Patient Monitoring Represents Paradigm Shift After COVID-19

June 22, 2021 — It is no secret that the use of telehealth technologies rose dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 ...

June 22, 2021

Dreamtech distributes Cardea SOLO ECG System in Korea through its new healthcare organization iSigNal, and lead commercial expansion in 20+ other APAC countries

News | Wearables

Cardiac Insight Announces Expansion Into More Than 20 Asia-Pacific Markets with i.SigNal by Dreamtech Partnership

June 16, 2021 — Cardiac Insight, Inc., a digital health innovator specializing in wearable cardiac sensors and automated ...

June 16, 2021

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COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office visit. Floyd Russak, M.D., of Russak Personalized Medicine, an internal medicine physician practicing in Greenwood Village, Colo., manages many cardiac patients who do not have ready access to a cardiologist

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Cardiac Monitoring in the Time of COVID-19: Next Generation Wearable ECG Technology Comes into Its Own

COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office ...

December 15, 2020

$GE Healthcare had integrated artificial intelligence algorithms into many of its device technologies. Recently the vendor introduced AI-enabled real-time automated ejection fraction measurements on its Venue Go point of care ultrasound system.$