EPI-made mobile phone Ephone Life International Pte Ltd in Singapore designed specifically to help sufferers of heart disease. Not only a tool to communicate, the device also features a mini electrocardiogram to measure heart rate.
At the bottom of the mobile phone (cell phone) there is a symbol of the liver. If the user's fingertips at any time squeeze, the heart rate directly measured. The result is automatically sent to a hospital guard 24 hours and will be directly addressed.
"You get a normal answer only in the form of SMS (short message). If you worry, you will immediately get a sound answer, 'Sir, an ambulance was heading over there'," said Dr Chow U-Jin, Head of Media EPI, in between between the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, 14-17 February 2011.
Currently available mobile EPI new Life in Singapore and working with three hospitals. The price of a unit quite expensive, about 700 U.S. dollars, and only 2,000 units available in the market.
However, as a cheaper alternative and flexible, is also preparing electrocardiogram Ephone mini worth 99 U.S. dollars that can connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth. This device soon be launched in France and Spain.
Source: AFP
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