When the Apple Watch was rumored, there was already talk of the important medical applications that a device like this could have, especially since it is closely linked to the iPhone. A little less than a year later, some products that are really interesting on a medical level start arriving, and Kardia Band is one of them. It is a strap for Apple Watch that allows you to get an electrocardiographic (ECG) recording in just a few seconds that can give a lot of information to your doctor and help to control and detect diseases as important as arrhythmias.
The Apple Watch, like any other smartwatch or quantifying bracelet, has a heart rate sensor that the only thing it offers us is information about the frequency with which our heart beats. It is not that it is an irrelevant data, but the medical information that it offers us is very scarce and can hardly be used to detect many heart rhythm disturbances. Nevertheless this Kardia Band does show us an ECG tracing like the one we can get in the doctor's office, and therefore the information that can be extracted from it is important.
You just have to open the application for Apple Watch, place your thumb on the small metal plate on the strap and wait a few seconds. We can also record our impressions while the ECG is recorded, and all the information obtained can be sent to your doctor immediately. It is true that it is a one-lead ECG, much less complete than the twelve-lead ECG we use in clinical practice, but it can be much easier for many patients and doctors to control their arrhythmia.
AliveCor, maker of the Kardia Band, also has iPhone cases that similarly record the EKG and are now available for sale. The Kardio Band is not yet available, but you can register on their website to receive all the information as soon as it is for sale.
