Xa iApple Watch yahletywa, kwakusele kuthethwa ngezicelo zonyango ezibalulekileyo ezinokuba nezixhobo ezinje, ngakumbi kuba zinxulumene kakhulu ne-iPhone. Ngaphantsi nje konyaka, ezinye iimveliso ezinomdla kwinqanaba lezonyango ziqala ukufika, kwaye iKardia Band yenye yazo. Yintambo yeApple Watch ekuvumela ukuba ufumane urekhodo lwe-electrocardiographic (ECG) kwimizuzwana embalwa onokuthi unike ugqirha wakho ulwazi oluninzi kwaye uncede ukulawula kunye nokufumanisa izifo kubalulekile njenge-arrhythmias.
I-Apple Watch, njengayo nayiphi na enye i-smartwatch okanye i-bracelet yokulinganisa, ine-sensor yokubetha kwentliziyo ekuphela kwento esinika yona lulwazi malunga nobungakanani bokubetha kwentliziyo yethu. Ayisiyongcaciso engabalulekanga, kodwa ulwazi lwezonyango olusinika lona lunqabile kwaye alunakusetyenziselwa ukufumana ukuphazamiseka kwesingqisho sentliziyo. Nangona kunjalo le Kardia Band isibonisa umkhondo we-ECG njengale singayifumana kwiofisi kagqirha, kwaye ke ulwazi olunokukhutshwa kulo lubalulekile.
Kuya kufuneka uvule usetyenziso lweApple Watch, beka isithupha sakho kwipleyiti yesinyithi encinci kumtya kwaye ulinde imizuzwana embalwa. Sinokurekhoda ukubonakala kwethu ngelixa i-ECG irekhodwa, nako konke ulwazi olufunyenweyo lungathunyelwa kugqirha wakho kwangoko. Kuyinyani ukuba i-ECG ekhokelayo enye, ingaphantsi ngokupheleleyo kune-ECG elishumi elinambini ekhokelayo esiyisebenzisa kunyango, kodwa kunokuba lula kakhulu kwizigulana ezininzi kunye noogqirha ukulawula i-arrhythmia yabo.
I-AliveCor, umenzi weKardia Band, ikwanazo iimeko ze-iPhone ezirekhoda ngokufanayo i-EKG kwaye ngoku ziyafumaneka ziyathengiswa. Iqela leKardio alikabikho, kodwa unako bhalisa kwiwebhusayithi yabo ukufumana lonke ulwazi ngokukhawuleza xa kuthengiswa.