Comments | attimes_bracing: A cool thing happened today

attimes_bracing

A cool thing happened today

Jun 11, 2015 21:59

Now I have moved into the strategy team we get a number of random people coming round with all sorts of ideas. When I started with the Hospital a few years ago I observed surgery carried out by one of our Thoracic surgeons. He popped by today to show us a new gadget ( Read more... )

cool, work

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history_monk June 11 2015, 21:03:25 UTC

If that's reliable, it is indeed very cool. How complex are the sensors? Could this get incorporated into FitBit-style devices?

attimes_bracing June 11 2015, 21:06:17 UTC

It's exactly what I would expect my HR to be. Despite my weight I have a normal pulse and a normal HR. But the woman before me was pregnant and clocked in at 108 which was again to be expected. Sensors seemed to work. Couldn't see them - you just press on the rubber. I don't even know what it's called as I expect it was a free trial gadget given to the surgeon. As for a fit bit I would question if the contact points would be good enough to get a reading.

la_marquise_de_ June 11 2015, 21:27:45 UTC

That is indeed very cool.

ffutures June 11 2015, 23:22:24 UTC

You can do a basic ECG (not very reliable) with three electrodes, one on one arm and two on the other; most of the ECGs sold to schools for AL biology work like that - usually they sell around £100 and at that are overpriced because they have to be compatible with a data-logging package of some sort, and the interfaces are grossly horrendously expensive for what they do.

I can't see any reason for it to be impossible to do it through the fingers, but I'd imagine there might be a hit on accuracy. But if the link is bluetooth there's no special interface, which ought to get the price way down. VERY interesting.

Is it this one?
http://www.alivecor.com/home