ECG Attachment for Your iPhone

Seattle, Washington based Alivecor will be showing off its new iPhonECG system at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The company has partnered with Oregon Scientific to manufacture the units, which are expected to sell for under $100 a piece.





Link: http://www.alivecor.com/index.htm
Reference: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2010/12/ecg_attachment_for_your_iphone.html

Continuous ECG Monitoring on an Android Phone

Imec, an electronics research institute out of Leuven, Belgium, has teamed up with the R&D Holst Centre and TASS, a software company out of Augusta, Kansas, to create a mobile and wearable ECG system based around an Android smartphone. It looks like the major achievement was overcoming the power hungry nature of Bluetooth, which was achieved by using a totally different, low power transmission system. Relying on less power should allow for longer continuous monitoring sessions while the patient is going about his day.
From the press release:

The interface is based on a standard Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) interface on Android mobile phones, enabling the integration of all the features available on Google’s operating system (SMS, e-mail and data transmission over the internet, GPS to track user location). Moreover, the mobile phone’s hardware is extended to operate with low-power communication protocols and low-power radios, enabling long-term medical telemonitoring. As the interface is based on the Linux kernel, the system is also easily portable on other Linux-based devices, such as PDA’s or laptops. And, the system allows configuration of thresholds on the measured parameters and automatic sending of alerts such as SMS messages and e-mails based on these values.

Press release: http://www2.imec.be/be_en/press/imec-news/wirelesshealthnecklaceinterface.html
Reference: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2010/10/continuous_ecg_monitoring_on_an_android_phone.html