Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressure measurements
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Re: Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressure measurements
#2Can someone elaborate on value proposition for this sort of device? What problem(s) does it solve?
Re: Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressure measurements
#3Can someone elaborate on value proposition for this sort of device? What problem(s) does it solve?
I know several folks who worry about managing their blood pressure from hour to hour, this would be as useful for them as no-stick blood sugar monitoring is for diabetics
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#4This sounds like it might be more accurate than the devices the doctors use now. When my blood pressure is measured it drops so fast the standard device starts beeping and fails to get a fix. Last few times the doctor had to use the hand pump to get a good measurement.
It's probably not super common and obviously psychosomatic, I doubt my blood pressure would drop if I were unconscious, but I imagine if I can make my blood pressure go down that fast, other people might do it less extreme and fool the device.
Anyway I'd be happy to use a less invasive device for sure.
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#5One thing which I don't see mentioned is the BLE chipset characteristics.
WuQi does RISC-V BLE chips. I don't know if this product is using that or an ARM.
Someone with better Chinese skills than mine will have to dig at this.
Unfortunately, when you tell me "clinically accurate" but then I see BLE by "super cheap Chinese only" supplier, my skepticism alarm bells start ringing.
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#6Can someone elaborate on value proposition for this sort of device? What problem(s) does it solve?
It's rumored that the next Apple watch will have an infrared glucometer. It would be great if somewhere down the road was a pressure monitor, to complete the basic health check.
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#7Can someone elaborate on value proposition for this sort of device? What problem(s) does it solve?
If one could get a wearable that monitored blood pressure like a heart rate monitor on watch, that would be quite helpful to see trends and dangerous spikes.
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#8There is a conference in Germany every year called medica. If you are interested in medical devices, I highly recommend going there and checking it out. It's an absolutely MASSIVE grounds with THOUSANDS of vendors showing everything from MRI machines to boroscopes, ambulance equipment...anything related to the medical field.
Something which absolutely surprised me when I was there a few years ago was the amount of IoT health devices available in other markets outside of the US.
There were blood pressure braclets, tons of smart watches that measure health data, connected scales, connected...everything, and TONS of platforms wanted to warehouse this data. My coworker and I were there looking for exactly those sorts of things, and it was great to see so much.
It was actually a bit depressing to see how much stuff is available, just not available in the US. The connected health revolution is definitely coming. Something I was a bit frustrated about this year is how much of this would have been helpful as a covid19 early warning system. Imagine monitoring population-level SPO2 levels, temperature, and activity level.
Re: Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressure measurements
#9Can someone elaborate on value proposition for this sort of device? What problem(s) does it solve?
How common is high blood pressure? About 1 in 5 adults.[1]
Effects of untreated high blood pressure: loss of mental function, atherosclerosis (so heart attacks and strokes), and vision loss are some of the big ones.[2] It's probably the leading cause of death these days.
So the market for a cheap, reliable and convenient diagnostic device is very large, and wide open at this point.
1. https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiov...
2. https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiov...
Re: Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressure measurements
#10There is a conference in Germany every year called medica. If you are interested in medical devices, I highly recommend going there and checking it out. It's an absolutely MASSIVE grounds with THOUSANDS of vendors showing everything from MRI machines to boroscopes, ambulance equipment...anything related to the medical field. Something which absolutely surprised me when I was there a few years ago was the amount of Io…
> and TONS of platforms wanted to warehouse this data. My coworker and I were there looking for exactly those sorts of things, and it was great to see so much.
As I read your comment, I had a growing expectation that you were about to express horror at the mass gathering and warehousing of individuals' health data. I was very surprised when you expressed such excitement at the prospect.