El Apple Watch is being a revolution by becoming a tool to monitor our health. Bill w Apple is already in its third version and it seems that things are looking good. What's more, those in Cupertino have made it more independent of the telephone and have added the possibility of connecting to LTE networks - in Spain an agreement is still pending.
On the other hand, AliveCor is a company that is committed to studying, reading and interpreting the electrical signals of the heart. Some years ago, this company introduced in society Kardia Mobile, a module that is placed in the smartphone and it is capable of reading the signals of the heart and displaying electrocardiograms. It's more, this accessory was FDA approved (the US government agency in charge of food and medicine).
Now they have gone one step further, as they present us on the iHacks portal. Now the company has wanted to take advantage of the Apple smart watch and launch the Kardia Band, the first EKG reader for Apple Watch (electrocardiograms) also approved by the US FDA.
This strap, which in appearance is the same as a conventional one - always talking about models adapted to the Apple Watch - but has sensors on both sides and together with an app that you can download from the App Store, the watch will be able to anticipate heart problems. According to AliveCor itself, with the use of this type of equipment the user is able to achieve a rate multiplied by 4 in detecting atrial fibrillation problems.
On the other hand, AliveCor performs electrocardiograms at events and has obtained the support of a multitude of professionals around the world. Also, this Kardia Band is not cheaply priced: U.S. dollar 199. Although as they say: do not play with your health and if you are prone to these types of problems, it is better to remedy than cure.