Apple Plans New Heart-Monitoring Wearable Device  

New York: Tech giant Apple has filed a patent
application for a wearable device that can measure electrocardiographic (ECG)
signals to monitor the health of your heart, a media report said on Friday.

The filing, published by the US Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO), shows commitment on Apple’s part to enter the
health care industry, qz.com reported.

The device may look like a ring or a
bracelet.

Apple’s design makes the traditional
ECG machine redundant. To calibrate the device, users should undergo an
“enrollment” process where readings are taken from different parts of
the body before using the device.

“It can use those measurements to
correct abnormalities resulting from the device’s location on a person’s
body,” the report added.

Apple last year released ResearchKit,
an open source software framework to help doctors gather data from participants
using iPhone apps.

In a recent interview with The
Telegraph, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he didn’t want to “put the [Apple]
Watch through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) process,” but he
“wouldn’t mind putting something adjacent to the watch through it.”

IANS