A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
A watch that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before its too late.
By Karin Kloosterman May 22, 2013 for ISRAEL21c
A prototype of the Oxitone device, heading to market in about 18 months.
About half of all people at risk of death from heart attacks could gain the chance to live, once Israeli entrepreneur Leon Eisens new Oxitone device goes to market in about 18 months.
Using two optical sensors, and another special high-tech tool, hes developed the worlds first watch that can just about tell when your time may be up.
Its no joke: Oxitone was developed to cheat fate.
Eisen tells ISRAEL21c that about half of the people who die from cardiac or pulmonary arrest would be alive if someone had been there to get them to the hospital in time. Oxitone is made to be worn on the wrist to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance on their own, before its too late.
With all the technology out there personal monitoring devices, crocodile clips for your finger, even those panic buttons nothing helps if the user is not able to mobilize these devices in time. And many patients may not be able to read the signs that cardiac arrest is imminent.
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Yet ANOTHER technological medical breakthrough that Israel is giving to mankind.
The title is a little misleading .... it seems to imply that some heart attack deathsare necessary.
It won't stop a heart attack, it only gives a warning. If the warning is ignored, then a fatal heart attack is unnecessary.