Health tracking has always been the main feature of the Apple Watch. From time to time, we can also see reports of the Apple Watch salvation incident. Apple obviously does not intend to stop the pace of research and development. CEO Cook revealed on Monday that they are researching similar to Apple Watch heart monitoring technology to detect health risks early.
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After receiving the award from the country ’s Investment Development Agency (IDA) on behalf of Apple in Ireland on Monday, Cook introduced Apple ’s efforts in the field of health care during the visit of the event. , Medical expenses can be “fundamentally reduced, possibly plummeted,” and hints that the heart-watching technology used by the Apple Watch may soon be involved in other areas:
Most of the money in health care is spent on conditions that are not detected early. It will take some time, but this is what we are doing-I am not going to discuss today-those things make me hopeful.
The existing Apple Watch already has atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection. This is a common persistent heart rhythm abnormality that is a sign of serious health problems in the heart and is usually associated with a high risk of stroke. Beginning with Series 4 in 2018, Apple also added electrocardiogram (ECG) capabilities to the Apple Watch, the first consumer device approved by the FDA to provide ECG functionality.
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With the successive release of functions such as fall detection, noise measurement, and menstrual tracking, Apple’s interest in health tracking can be seen. From the company’s patent submitted in December last year, the next focus of the Apple Watch may be Par With regard to Kingson’s disease, patent applications show that they are investigating continuous monitoring of dyskinesias and tremors with new sensors to help doctors better track the condition of Parkinson’s patients.
Whether it is atrial fibrillation detection or ECG drawing, Apple emphasizes the role of Apple Watch in preventing or detecting diseases. After all, it cannot replace professional medical equipment. However, despite the many life-saving cases of Apple Watch around the world, the accuracy of the Apple Watch in the medical community is still controversial, and it is questioned that excessive attention to heart health may cause unnecessary tension to healthy people, such as needless testing and treatment.
At the event, Cook once again expressed his optimism about the prospects of AR, calling it the “next big thing” in the technology field.
“AR will be everywhere in our lives,” said the head of Apple. “I don’t think it isolates people from each other. We can use it to assist in discussions, instead of replacing people. It ’s my constant concern about some other technologies.