January 22, 2008 at 12:15 am · Authored by Ewan · Filed under SMS

Link: Techtree.com India > News > Gadgets > Wearable Cardiac Monitor Ready at IIT

Basically, algorithms are fed into the locket’s system, enabling it to distinguish between jerks from running, from working out, or climbing stairs, or irrythmic heart beats.

Worn with five electrodes on the chest, a sensor in the locket records the heart’s electrical activity or ECG. If it detects abnormalities, it can automatically transmit the last few seconds of ECG data to a central server using a mobile phone interface.

Whenever a user feels uneasy, he/she can press a locket button to mark that data so that a doctor can later scrutinize marked segments, and check the heart’s activity before the irregularity.

When connected to a cell phone, the locket can be programmed to send SMS containing marked data to a doctor. Software in the locket forwards the data to the mobile, which sends the SMS.

Nice. I’d like to see even greater integration of the handset when it comes the topic of medicine.