Apple works on an Apple Watch with an electrocardiogram

Apple wants its smart watch to be more than just an accessory to see the time and receive notifications.

Last Thursday, Bloomberg detailed the plans of the Cupertino giant to equip a next version of the Apple Watch a electrocardiogram and be able to do imore accurate and precise reports on the heart condition of the watch bearer.

Apple would be testing a version of the smart watch in which the user can press the frame of the watch with two fingers and make the clock emits a current towards the user's chest for analyze the electrical signals of the heart, according to the Bloomberg news agency. With the signals emitted, the watch would detect anomalies in the heart of the user. 

From its first generation, the Apple Watch includes a heart rate reader, but it performs basic functions such as detecting, - obviously - the user's heart rate while walking, resting, sleeping and exercising. The integration of an electrocardiogram would increase the health functions of the watch.

Apple already has a similar initiative with the School of Medicine at Stanford University in California. There, participants can use the current Apple Watch to identify irregularities in your heart rhythm and be taken care of via a video consultation with a doctor. Bloomberg says the data collected in that research would help identify possible problems that Apple would seek to correct in the new watch. 

Apple Watch Electrocardiogram

At the moment, this technology is expected to be released during the second half of 2018, with the fourth generation of the Apple Watch

The third generation of this watch, brought with it a complete review of its features including a greater emphasis on sporting use gThanks to a barometric altimeter, an optimization of theHeart rate measurement algorithm, training applications dedicated and connectivity with compatible gym machines.  

An electrocardiogram is a test that records the electrical activity of the heart produced in each heartbeat. Currently, electrocardiographs record this activity through a graphic representation or path in which different waves representing the electrical stimuli of the atria and ventricles, usually transmitted to the device through a series of electrodes located on the skin of the patient are observed. .

The electrocardiogram serves to measure the rhythm and regularity of the beats, size and position of the atria and ventricles, any possible Ailment in the heart and the effects that certain drugs or implanted devices can have on it, such as a pacemaker.

This innovative feature, combined with a dedicated application capable of interpreting the recorded data, will become theimer 24 / 7 available electrocardiograph for anyone, ideal to detect in real time a possible cardiac anomaly, something especially interesting for any athlete.

Fuete: cnet.net / todomountabike

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