While traditional EKG machine uses 12 leads, the Apple Watch works as a single-lead EKG, which research shows is just as effective at measuring the heart's electrical signals as a 12-lead machine ...

While the single-lead ECG records are useful in monitoring heart rate, etc., it is the 12-lead ECG devices that are capable of providing detailed reports essential to make a clinical decision.

With cutting edge 12-lead ECG based on 3D vector ECG technology built into a smartwatch, HeartBeam’s latest patent further expands on the Company’s anytime, anywhere capabilities.

A Lynchburg hospital is once again earning accolades as one of the top hospitals in the nation for heart attack care.

In less than a month, AliveCor plans to release its KardiaMobile 6L, which will provide 6 ECG leads using a smartphone-based mobile ECG system that is similar to the Kardia single-lead system.

The newly issued patent (No. 11,419,538 B2) expands on the HeartBeam’s previously granted US patent (No. 11,071,490 B1) for a 12-lead ECG patch monitor technology.

The accuracy of the new smartphone system was recently tested on 204 patients suffering acute chest pain. All the subjects received both a traditional 12-lead ECG and the new two-lead smartphone ECG.