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and update their IFE software, so this seems to be aimed at an upper class or business jet application, at least initially.
DETALYTICS This fi rm has not addressed medical emergencies, but has a “human analytics platform” providing predictive smart data to pilots, doctors, athletes, and soldiers. Their software integrates with bio-sensing wearables and works with a network of doctors/consultants to provide human capital intelligence to industries exposed to high human factor risk, such as aviation. Their stated mission is to improve operational readiness, performance, reduce risk of fatigue-related accidents, and improve patient care. In September 2018, Panasonic
Avionics Corporation (PAC) showcased various wellness applications developed in collaboration with select wellness experts, one of which was Detalytics. They demonstrated an integrated health advisory application integrated into both PAC seat-back and passenger mobile screens. In April 2019, Etihad Airways announced that it would be the fi rst airline to trial Panasonic’s new wellness solution, the Jet Lag Adviser, developed in collaboration with Detalytics and incorporated into the airline’s app. While this does not cover medical issues as of yet, it is a step forward with an airline using this type of technology and having doctors on the ground interact with it.
APPLE WATCH 4 With the recent release of its latest smartwatch, Apple has provided us with an actual medical device. This newest version of their evolving smartwatch product line is moving them deeper into medical devices and health records, providing wearers (and those
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who set up a profi le on themselves) to monitor various health conditions. While this may not supplement some of the medical devices in an aircraft, it can provide valuable assistance for those rendering aid. First of all, the Apple Watch 4 has electrodes built into the Digital Crown and the back crystal work together with their electrocardiogram (ECG) app to proactively read your heart’s electrical signals. This app can indicate “whether your heart rhythm shows signs of atrial fi brillation — a serious form of irregular heart rhythm — or sinus rhythm, which means your heart is beating in a normal pattern,” according to Apple. While this may not be able to catch a heart attack, it sure goes a long way in monitoring for heart conditions including blood clots, stroke, and heart failure. And this device and app have received FDA clearance. With an aging population that
may have medical alert necklaces and bracelets already, newer and better approaches such as smartwatches may be an exciting evolutionary development. With their built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, this can easily use an aircraft’s IFE system to send someone’s looming medical condition as it escalates directly to their doctor or loved one on the
ground. Or at least alert the wearer to seek immediate help. The interesting trend is how fi tness
trackers and smartwatches have evolved quickly over the years to provide greater health monitoring, versus just counting our steps or providing us with Dick Tracy gear (for those of you under 40, Google this). So they are moving from concentrating on just our fi tness to actively observing the internals of our bodies. Google, Samsung, and others will not cede this market to Apple without a fi ght, and there are plenty of medical device manufacturers will also not ignore the portable, non- medical-professional market.
ALIVECOR KARDIA
PRODUCT LINE One of these is a company named AliveCor, which is innovating the creation of FDA-cleared machine learning techniques to enable proactive heart care. They claim that the FDA-cleared KardiaMobile is the most clinically validated mobile ECG solution on the market, and is used globally. KardiaMobile when paired with the Kardia app, provides instant analysis for detecting Atrial Fibrillation, Bradycardia, Tachycardia, and Normal rhythm in an ECG. Kardia is the fi rst A.I. enabled
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