[h=2]Apple's heart app can identify irregular heart rhythms[/h]
یہ ایپلی کیشن ایپل واچ سے ڈیٹا حاصل کرکے دل کی دھڑکن پر نظر رکھے گی، فوٹو: ایپل نیوز روم
نیویارک: ٹیکنالوجی فرم ایپل نے ایسی ایپلی کیشن تیارکی ہے جو دل کے دورے سے قبل ہی آپ کو خطرے کا الرٹ جاری کردے گی۔ کمپیوٹر اور آئی فون بنانے والی معروف کمپنی ایپل نے ایک موبائل فون ایپلی کیشن متعارف کرائی ہے جو ایپل واچ (دستی گھڑی) سے ڈیٹا حاصل کرکے دل کی دھڑکن بے ترتیب ہونے پرصارف کو فوری آگاہ کرے گی، جیسا کہ دل کی دھڑکن کا تیزہونا دل کے دورے کا ایک بڑا سبب ہے، اس ایپلی کیشن کا نام ’’ ایپل ہارٹ اسٹڈی‘‘ رکھا گیا ہے جو کہ ایپل واچ میں نصب ہارٹ ریٹ سنسر سے ڈیٹا حاصل کرتی ہے۔
ایپل کمپنی کے چیف آپریٹنگ آفیسرجیف ولیم نے بتایا کہ بہترین ایپلی کیشن تیارکرنے کے لیے اسٹین فورڈ یونیورسٹی کے ماہرین کی مدد حاصل کی گئی تاکہ دل کی دھڑکن بے ترتیب ہونے کی درست اورفوری نشاندہی ہوسکے، میڈیکل کمیونٹی کے ساتھ کام کرکے نہ صرف ہم لوگوں کو ان کے صحت کے مسائل سے آگاہ کرسکیں گے بلکہ دل کے امراض سے متعلق مزید سائنسی دریافتیں بھی ممکن ہوں گی۔
یہ ایپلی کیشن یو ایس ایپ اسٹور پر دستیاب ہے جو کہ ایپل واچ سیریز ون یا بعد کے ماڈلز میں انسٹال ہوسکے گی، یہ ایپ ہارٹ ریٹ (فی منٹ دل کی دھڑکن) اوردھڑکن کے درست یا بے ترتیب ہونے کے عمل کونوٹ کرتی ہے۔
اگرسب کچھ درست ہے تو گھڑی میں گرین لائٹ جلے گی جب کہ غیر معمولی صورتحال میں گھڑی کی لائٹ فلشنگ (جل بجھ) کرنے لگے گی جس کے بعد ایپل واچ اور آئی فون میں ایک نوٹی فکیشن آجائے گا جو آپ کواس غیر معمولی صورتحال سے آگاہ کرے گا۔
ایپل کمپنی کا مزید کہنا ہے کہ اس ایپ کی مدد سے آپ کو مفت ڈاکٹری مشاورت اور ای سی جی (الیکٹرو کارڈیو گرام) کی مفت سہولت حاصل ہوسکے گی۔
Apple's heart app can identify irregular heart rhythms
Apple is partnering with Stanford Medicine to perform the research.
(Web desk)- Apple launched the Apple Heart Study app, a first-of-its-kind research study using Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor to collect data on irregular heart rhythms and notify users who may be experiencing atrial fibrillation (AFib), the tech giant stated in a press release on its official website.
AFib, the leading cause of stroke, is responsible for approximately 130,000 deaths and 750,000 hospitalizations in the US every year. Many people don’t experience symptoms, so AFib often goes undiagnosed.
To calculate heart rate and rhythm, Apple Watch’s sensor uses green LED lights flashing hundreds of times per second and light-sensitive photodiodes to detect the amount of blood flowing through the wrist. The sensor’s unique optical design gathers signals from four distinct points on the wrist, and when combined with powerful software algorithms, Apple Watch isolates heart rhythms from other noise. The Apple Heart Study app uses this technology to identify an irregular heart rhythm.
“Every week we receive incredible customer letters about how Apple Watch has affected their lives, including learning that they have AFib. These stories inspire us and we re determined to do more to help people understand their health,” said Jeff Williams, Apple’s COO. “Working alongside the medical community, not only can we inform people of certain health conditions, we also hope to advance discoveries in heart science.”
Apple is partnering with Stanford Medicine to perform the research. As part of the study, if an irregular heart rhythm is identified, participants will receive a notification on their Apple Watch and iPhone, a free consultation with a study doctor and an electrocardiogram (ECG) patch for additional monitoring. The Apple Heart Study app is available in the US App Store to customers who are 22 years or older and have an Apple Watch Series 1 or later.
“Through the Apple Heart Study, Stanford Medicine faculty will explore how technology like Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor can help usher in a new era of proactive health care central to our Precision Health approach,” said Lloyd Minor, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine. “We’re excited to work with Apple on this breakthrough heart study.”
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It is good to hear that you can be informed before heart attack as this app will help the patient and also be harmful to weak heart patients as it will create tension and fear among heart patients. The best thing you have to do is that you should regularly consult your heart surgeons for better results.
This is the first-ever FDA approved accessory for Apple Watch
As of today, AliveCor's KardiaBand is the first Apple Watch accessory to be FDA-approved. Tory Foulk
1 Dec 2017
Heart-monitoring technology company AliveCor announced in a press release today that its Apple Watch accessory — called the KardiaBand — has officially been cleared as a medical device by the FDA, making it the first Apple Watch accessory to be FDA-approved. The band replaces the user's normal Apple Watch band, and uses sensors in tandem with AliveCor's Kardia app to monitor their heart rate and do EKGs on the fly. A mobile accessory that correctly monitors abnormal heart rhythms is a big deal, whether you have a preexisting heart condition or not — Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart arrythmia, is a leading cause of stroke, and you may not even know you're experiencing it.
Dr. Ronald P. Karlsberg, board-certified cardiologist and clinical professor of Medicine at Cedars Senai Heart Institute and UCLA's School of Medicine, stressed the importance of technology like the KardiaBand in a statement:
This is a paradigm shift for cardiac care as well as an important advance in healthcare. Today, EKGs are available only in offices and hospitals, using complex equipment, and usually only after a life threatening event, for example a stroke. With an EKG device on the wrist, AFib can be detected wherever the patient is, 24 hours a day. In randomized research trials, KardiaMobile, the first AliveCor EKG device, proved to be superior to routine care provided by physicians. Today, KardiaBand is a giant leap in personalized health care.
The band itself is very nondescript, and is made of black thermoplastic polyurethane with a stainless steel sensor module that rests just beneath the Apple Watch device. To take an EKG, all you have to do is sit down comfortably, relax, and press your thumb to the sensor for 30 seconds. The results are displayed on the face of the watch within the Kardia app.
In addition to the band, AliveCor also introduced SmartRhythm, a new feature within the Kardia app that uses artificial intelligence and Apple Watch's heart rate and activity sensors to continuously evaluate your heart rate. When it detects that heart rate and activity aren't matching up — i.e., you're sedentary but your heart rate is going crazy — it notifies you to capture an EKG with your KardiaBand ASAP to make sure nothing fishy is going on.
