Eko Health’s Core 5000 digital stethoscope has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that lasts up to 300 minutes of continuous use, or up to 60 hours of regular clinical use. The stethoscope uses Bluetooth 4.2 low-energyand offers a wireless listening option. [Photo courtesy of Eko Health]
Eko Health has learned a bit about batteries and Bluetooth while developing AI-powered medical devices to help physicians detect cardiovascular disease.Eko Health’s devices include hardware — in the form of its Duo and Core digital stethoscopes — and algorithms that analyze the acoustic and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals collected by those handheld devices. Together, their hardware and software is cleared by the FDA to detect heart murmurs, atrial fibrillation (AFib) and signs of low left ventricular ejection fraction.
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