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by Bruce Brown | February 21, 2023 | Health, Medical
Prompt response with a defibrillator means the difference between life and death when a person goes into out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The crucial response time for the best chance of restoring the person’s heartbeat is measured in minutes, Many offices, large...
by Bruce Brown | February 10, 2022 | Medical
Earlier this month, Eko Devices, Inc. announced the results of a study report published in The Lancet that shows the AI-powered Eko Duo ECG + Digital Stethoscope can screen patients for heart failure.In 2018 we wrote about Eko’s collaboration with the Mayo...
by Bruce Brown | February 28, 2020 | Medical
Heart failure patients who are hospitalized then discharged are readmitted to the hospital at alarmingly high rates. According to the CDC, 17.3% of such patients are readmitted within 30 days. A study by the University of Utah Health reports 30% of discharged heart...
by Bruce Brown | December 23, 2019 | Medical
This time it’s the software. We’ve written numerous times about Eko’s Duo digital stethoscope. Last week the FDA granted Breakthrough Device status to the artificial intelligence algorithm designed to detect heart failure. The designation is granted...
by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2019 | Health
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently published a report in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering that demonstrated proof-of-concept of an early-stage home heart health monitoring technology embodied in a bathroom scale. The Georgia Tech...
