Next Thursday will start CES 2017, but January 5 is the official date on which the event will begin. Many companies take advantage of the previous days to get ahead of the competition and start talking about their products before others. This is what Qardio has done with QardioCore, a kind of chest band to control our heart and perform other medical measurements that was presented two years ago as the first wearable ECG monitor.
With QardioCore, the user who carries this chest band You can check your cardiovascular health without having to carry cables with their corresponding patches. Although the design differs a lot, this device reminds us a lot of sports pulsometers, those that are placed around the chest and that are much more reliable than any bracelet, including the Apple Watch, because it is closer to the heart and, perhaps more important, move less.
QardioCore, the first wearable ECG monitor now available for reservation
The QardioCore has been FDA approved and uses sensors to store an accurate electrocardiogram, pulse, pulse variations, respiratory rate, temperature and activity data. This data can be shared with medical professionals or synchronized with the Apple Health app via Bluetooth. You can also synchronize the data with the Qardio application.
As for his autonomy, Qardio says that this chest band can endure a whole day of continuous use with a single charge that is done via USB-A, but has not yet specified other details such as how long it will take to charge. It will be during the Las Vegas CES that will begin next Thursday when they provide more information about QardioCore and other devices of the company, such as the QardioArm smart blood pressure monitor, the QardioBase wireless scale and body analyzer and the QardioMD medical board.
What we do know is that it is already available for reserve for a price of € 499, a price that may seem high from the point of view of someone who does not need it, but that is not so much if we think it can save our lives. For now, I think I'm not bad, I keep my Apple Watch.
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