Blood pressure device in the form of Earbuds

Blood pressure device in the form of Earbuds


Nowadays blood pressure is one of the most common lifestyle diseases. What is blood pressure? The amount of pressure your blood exerts to shove through your arteries is called blood pressure. The heart uses force when it pumps to pump oxygen-rich blood into your arteries. They transport it to the tissues and cells of your body. Medical problems might result from having abnormally high blood pressure. Your blood pressure can only be affirmed via monitoring. Write My Dissertation USA

 

00001Earbuds and AI technologies in Medical Sciences

The University of Toronto's institutional strategic initiative TRANSFORM HF has awarded a seed grant to Mariakakis, an assistant professor in the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science, for his project "Accessible Blood Pressure Estimation with Earbuds." TRANSFORM HF develops point-of-care diagnostics, wearables, and AI technologies to monitor and proactively treat people with heart failure.

Blood pressure cuffs are the gold standard for blood pressure assessment, but they can only be used on occasion: Someone has to sit down, put the cuff on their arm, and remain still to complete the measurement. This procedure can be unmanageable and people might not wear the cuff properly or listen to the official protocol for measurement. And, of course, people must own blood pressure cuffs for self-monitoring at home.

The professor who invented the technology of earbuds that can monitor your blood pressure aims to remove the cost of a cuff blood pressure machine, apart from the machine cost he wants, people can enjoy the ease of their homes while getting information about their blood pressure. The AI based earbuds not just assist in blood pressure analysis but also self-management of heart failure.

Most of the earbuds have the facility of noise cancelling, the technology works on the idea of a double microphone, one outside, and another inside, the outer one cancels the voice, and the inside one picks interesting sounds of the heart and body. The researcher demonstrated that the inside body sounds recorded by the inside microphone can be used to record a heartbeat similar to a stethoscope. The incorporation of heart rate with different signal processing techniques will help in getting to know about blood pressure.

00002How do these earbuds work?

The benefit of using earphones to monitor blood pressure is that people wouldn't have to change their activities. Simply by wearing the earbuds, the in-ear microphone would record audio and send it over Bluetooth to your smartphone, which would then evaluate the heart rhythm to assess your blood pressure. You could be shown that data or the medical team can also use it.

This technology will work with any earbud that possesses an in-ear microphone. So, the technology will operate as long as patients already own active noise-cancelling earbuds!

 

A quiet atmosphere will be vital for effective use because heart sounds can be quite delicate and earphones can be deployed in loud environments. People who stay at their home can utilize it quite well without spending fortune of money on plenty of devices.

 

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