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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a patent for a device that allows an Electrocardiogram to be read on a smartphone through a snap-on feature that resembles a plastic cover.
The case is embedded with special sensors that can measure the heart's activity. Users can then record the heartrate by touching the sensors. The signal then is relayed electronically to the smartphone and the supporting app.
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A physician can then, at a remote location, access the data and obtain a readout. Although the readout is not as extensive or encompassing as a true ECG, it still provides sufficient data for analysis by a physician.
The display is not easily deciphered, unless the reader is an expert or a physician. One of the pending patents is in fact an enhancement feature that also detects atrial fibrillation, an arrythmia that can cause a third of all strokes.
Source: Scientific American
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