Wireless ECG patch developed

by Evan Blass, posted Oct 31st 2007 at 8:47PM

There's nothing fun about wearing a medical device on your person 24/7, so Belgian nanotech specialist IMEC is trying to minimize the discomfort of those folks with heart conditions who require constant monitoring. Still several years away from a commercial release, the company's flexible, wireless electrocardiogram patch -- also capable of serving as a dedicated heart rate monitor -- sends ECG or EMG (muscular) data in a continuous stream to either a PC or data logger for later downloading. The 175mAh battery is said to last an entire day in regular mode or several days when collecting only heartbeat data, a boon to the active lifestyle crowd for which this product is intended.

[Via Medgadget]

Filed under: Wireless

Tags: health, imec, wireless ecg patch, Imec,WirelessEcgPatch, medical devices, MedicalDevices

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DickHardknocks @ Oct 31st 2007 9:09PM

*beep*...*beep*...*beep*...*beep*

*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....."

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UKNigel @ May 23rd 2008 2:22PM

"He's arrest! Get me a crash cart and five millegrams of Eppi STAT!"

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loci @ Oct 31st 2007 9:57PM

im so going to mess with your listing....spamster

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alin Steglinski @ Oct 31st 2007 10:37PM

There's nothing fun about wearing a medical device on your person 24/7, i dont know about that, im a stats junkie... id love to have this thing logging all kinds of nice data for me he he... though i dont do any physical activity because i have motor neuron disease and am wheelchair bound...

http://alins.zapto.org

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ethana2 @ Nov 1st 2007 3:33AM

I'm sorry for your disability...

But I agree with you. I would /so/ add my ECG to CPU and RAM load in my gnome system monitor applet. How awesome would that be?

I'd want some kind of python-scrypted ECG app, too. You know, play this until you fall asleep, then play this, then wait for your brain waves to do that, and so on.

Then I want real time integration with pidgin, orkut, and openwengo...

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ethana2 @ Nov 1st 2007 3:34AM

Oops, I was thinking Electro/encephalo/gram. I guess I saw what I wanted to... dang.

How long 'till we get /those/?

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alin Steglinski @ Nov 1st 2007 9:16AM

he he, yeah, id like both ECG + EEG especially EEG because then i could keep track of my own damn seizures

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alin Steglinski @ Nov 1st 2007 9:18AM

he he, yeah, id like both ECG + EEG especially EEG because then i could keep track of my own damn seizures

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oB1 @ Nov 1st 2007 1:42PM

We can rebuild him. We have the technology......

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