https://community.element14.com/technologies/medical/w/documents/8864/iphone-blood-pressure-cuff-gets-fda-approvalen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/medical/w/documents/8864/iphone-blood-pressure-cuff-gets-fda-approvalFri, 08 Oct 2021 03:07:22 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8a3b28fd-721d-4365-bd33-c6f320da402bhealthdeviceshttps://community.element14.com/technologies/medical/w/documents/8864/iphone-blood-pressure-cuff-gets-fda-approval#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by healthdevices on 10/8/2021 3:07:22 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;">WA blood pressure monitor, which plugs into an iPhone or iPad, recently received FDA approval, marking the expanding use of smartphones as health maintenance devices.</p><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;"> </div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">The device, created by Withings, is a simple cuff the plugs directly into the 30-pin connected of an iOS device. The free app reads the wearer&#39;s blood pressure and heart rate, and then sends the data to a doctor or synchronizes directly with electronic medical record systems like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;"> </div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">Remote medical monitoring could save the U.S. nearly $200 billion in health costs over 25 years, according to a two-year-old study. That&#39;s, in part, because devices like the cuff, which let people relay frequent medical data to health care providers to track problems before they get serious and require more drastic interventions.</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;"> </div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">The portability, flexible computing power and connectivity of smartphones enables less expensive designs for home health devices, and several companies are entering the market.</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The device, created by Withings, is a simple cuff the plugs directly into the 30-pin connected of an iOS device. The free app reads the wearer&#39;s blood pressure and heart rate, and then sends the data to a doctor or synchronizes directly with electronic medical record systems like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Remote medical monitoring could save the U.S. nearly $200 billion in health costs over 25 years, according to a two-year-old study. That&#39;s, in part, because devices like the cuff, which let people relay frequent medical data to health care providers to track problems before they get serious and require more drastic interventions.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The portability, flexible computing power and connectivity of smartphones enables less expensive designs for home health devices, and several companies are entering the market.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.mobiledia.com/news/94750.html" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"><strong>&gt; CONTINUE READING</strong></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: monitoring, telehealth, fda, medical, ipad, blood_pressure, remote, iphone</div>