10 gadgets that help monitor health with your smartphone

The development of the Internet of Things today is seriously changing many traditional industries. One of them is medicine, where the number of devices is constantly growing, allowing people to monitor their health and remotely receive qualified help, as well as facilitating the work of doctors. Today we look at 10 medical gadgets, working in conjunction with a smartphone.

CardioQVARK

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The Russian CardioQVARK gadget is a special case for the iPhone, with which the user can independently record a cardiogram at any time, anywhere. To do this, you need to install the application on your smartphone, put on the case and put your fingers on the sensors on the device. Then the cardiogram goes to the cloud and instantly gets to the doctor for analysis. For physicians, there is a proprietary application in which you can conduct an unlimited number of patients, analyze the state of the cardiovascular system, compare the dynamics and monitor the response to stress and drugs.

Price : 8500 rub. (pre-order on the site)

Kinsa thermometer

The creators of the Kinsa project have developed an electronic thermometer that connects to a smartphone and transmits body temperature data to a cloud server — you can give access to your doctor to get an accurate diagnosis. The gadget can be used to measure the body temperature of both adults and children and babies. In addition, due to the fact that information is stored in the cloud, using the Kinsa application, you can find out the “average temperature” in your area or country, which is useful, for example, to track influenza epidemics.

Price : $ 20

Quell

Wearable neurostimulator to combat chronic pain. Using a special bandage, the stimulator is put on the upper part of the lower leg, after which the device begins to generate weak electrical impulses - they block the pain signals passing through the spine to the brain. As a result, the user ceases to feel pain. This allows, for example, to sleep for those who, due to various attacks, cannot do this - the gadget is the only wearable neurostimulator who is certified by the US FDA regulator for working during sleep. Setting the device operation modes is performed using a mobile application.

Price : $ 250

Stethee

A wireless stethoscope for the Stethee smartphone is intended for home use - project developers want to change the situation in which only doctors can use a stethoscope. The device works without wires - you just need to attach it to your chest and press a button. After that, the measurement results will be transferred to the application on the smartphone, which will build a graph of the heartbeat and breathing. This information is also stored on a remote server, where the “normality” of indicators is being analyzed - if the user is advised to see a doctor, the device will flash.

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Blood pressure monitor

With Withings mobile tonometer, blood pressure can be easily and quickly measured by storing information in a smartphone. The cuff of the tonometer is connected to the iPhone (iPod Touch or iPad), and the application then displays pressure information - the data can be displayed as graphs and sent to a doctor.

Price : € 129.95

Night shift

Special “collar” that monitors sleep and the fight against snoring and its complications. The creators of the device claim that snoring occurs most often when a person is sleeping on his back. Therefore, Night Shift starts to vibrate when the user starts to snore while lying on his back. Also, the gadget stores information about the quality of sleep - it is displayed in the mobile application. In this way, the user can analyze the dynamics of improving his sleep.

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iBG-Star

The iBG-Star mobile blood glucose meter allows diabetics to quickly measure blood glucose levels. A test strip with a drop of blood is inserted into the device connected to the iPhone or iPod Touch, after which the analysis is performed. The data is then output to a dsiplie and stored in a mobile application, which also allows you to monitor carbohydrate intake, insulin input and glucose levels.

Price : $ 54 for test strips

Embrace

With an impressive Indiegogo fundraising campaign, Embrace bracelet is designed to control epilepsy. He knows how to record the time of an epileptic seizure - this device succeeds by measuring the galvanic charge of the skin, body temperature and its position in space due to the gyroscope. At the beginning of a seizure, a signal is sent to the patient’s guardian’s smartphone — the message contains information about the patient’s coordinates. In addition, the application stores statistics on the attacks, which allows to identify their causes - for example, in some cases they occur more often during sports.

Price : $ 199

Airseone

The device allows you to analyze the breath to track the symptoms of asthma and prevent attacks. To collect data, the patient needs to attach a gadget to his neck and just breathe. AirSonea records breathing patterns, which allows you to understand what caused the seizure in a particular case, and it can also send reminders about taking the medication and transmit analysis information to the user's relatives or doctor.

Price : $ 169.95

Kolibree

The Kolibree smart toothbrush keeps track of how the user is brushing his teeth and transferring information about it to the mobile application - then the user is given recommendations on whether to brush his teeth more often and on which areas of the oral cavity to pay more attention. In addition, information can be shared with other users of the device by arranging “tooth brushing competitions” - this opportunity should attract children who usually don’t like to brush their teeth.

Price : $ 149

PS If you know the analogs of the gadgets presented in the review - it would be great to collect links to them in the comments to this topic.