Amal Allam wrote Wednesday, January 3, 2024 10:58 PM
British scientists have created earphones that can detect irregular heartbeats, and they believe they could replace electrocardiograms in just two years. Researchers at Imperial College London have created a device that is worn in the ear, which can take a heart reading throughout the day and perform similar to an ECG. Electrocardiogram.
According to the British Daily Mail, modern earphones can be used to detect irregular heartbeats by tracking the electrical activity of the heart.
Researchers at Imperial College London have created a device that is worn inside the ear, which is slightly larger than an earphone, and can perform an ECG reading throughout the day. A new study has found that this device performs similarly to a traditional ECG using electrodes on the chest, to make two measurements. Out of 3.
The newspaper added that although the earphone detects a weaker signal from the heart than an EKG device, because it is far from the body, it has the advantage of being easily worn for hours at a time, and this can help people be detected more quickly, without visiting a doctor. If they suffer from a heart rhythm disorder.
The newspaper explained that heart rhythm disorders, which affect about two million people in the United Kingdom, and include irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, can increase the risk of serious health conditions such as stroke or cardiac arrest if they are not treated, and the inventors hope. The academics expect the earbuds, which they call “Hearables”, to be available for people to buy within two years.
The researchers tested the earphones on 10 people, and compared them to a traditional ECG device using two electrodes worn on the chest. The earphones provided an accurate reading of the ECG than the traditional ECG in its shape and the distance between it, and this is important in capturing fast or slow heartbeats, and this is important. Importantly, for example, people with atrial fibrillation produce a number of small waves at the beginning of the reading, rather than one larger wave, which should be detected.
However, the researchers are working to make the device more sensitive, and say their earphones could also be used to monitor the brain, detecting sleep and stress levels.
Professor Danilo Mandic, senior author of the study, which was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, said: “This is a pioneering way of taking an ECG from the ear canal, in order to detect early signs of chronic heart problems, rather than people feeling ill and going to their doctor before “For an arrhythmia to be detected, we want them to be able to constantly monitor their heart and see any changes in real time.”
Professor Mandek added: “The earbuds can be easily put on and are very discreet and natural, unlike electrodes that are worn on the scalp or neck. Our earbuds were granted a US patent in April, and we hope that these devices will be available for purchase, in the future.” “The earphones can be purchased off the shelves or shaped into the shape of someone’s ear using silicone, and they can be used for more daily purposes such as listening to music in the future.”
As for people who already have a fast or slow heartbeat, or an arrhythmia, earphones can help track the extent to which the condition is controlled by medication. Headphones It tracks the heart’s electrical activity using built-in electrodes, making the reading more accurate by using the dilation and contraction of small blood vessels within the ear canal as the heart pumps.
The researchers also tested it on five people who were asked to pretend to drive a car in a virtual reality game, and found that the readings were still accurate when people moved their heads and bodies and pressed their jaws in a way that would change the position of the earbuds, compared to an electrode on the neck.
2024-01-03 20:58:00
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