Apple on trial for patent on irregular rhythm detection

Irregular rhythm detection

Irregular rhythm detection is present in all Apple Watch from Series 1 to the new watch model launched this year, the Apple Watch Series 5. Well, it seems that the Cupertino company would have infringed or skipped a patent registered by Dr. Joseph Wiesel, registered in 2006. This patent is obviously real and was registered many years before the Apple Watch themselves existed, even before the launch of the first iPhone, so we will see how this news they share on Bloomberg follows.

The patent describes that Wiesel was the first to create a function that detects Atrial Fibrillation by recording the heart rate over numerous time intervals. In 2017, Wiesel himself contacted Apple and mentioned his patent to them, but the company seems not to be willing to negotiate on it and finally everything will end in court.

We understand that Apple has sufficient power to prosecute any person or company but the evidence of this patent could have financial consequences for the company Cupertino, to be as clear as it seems.

Bloomberg, ensures that this complaint will not affect at all the function of the watch itself and it is that as is evident nothing has to do one thing with the other. In the event that the New York University doctor wins the lawsuit, the company would have to pay an amount of money, although it is true that It remains to be proven that the doctor's technology was used in the function of the watch. It should be noted that the ECG (ElectroCardioGrama) has nothing to do with this irregular rhythm detection.


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