Being able to continuously monitor one’s basic ECG can be beneficial to a lot of people, particularly those prone to have atrial fibrillation, SVT, syncopal episodes, etc. Intermittent arrhythmias can be notoriously difficult to detect in a clinical setting, since they come and go without warning. Yet, ECG monitors normally require skin contact to detect the electric activity of the heart. Now a new device in development called LifeTip may provide continuous one-lead ECG data in addition to other personal tracking information. The Italian developers behind the LifeTip are now raising money on Indiegogo to commercialize the prototype into a real device.
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