The first portable and intelligent heart monitor has been developed

The device, which should reach the market this year with the name Nexcor, was developed by a group of specialists in Brazil is the first smart portable heart monitor in the world, which allows remote sending electrocardiograms, ocation of the patient for assistance and early detection heart problems. 

This device automatically detects earliest variations of heart diseases, measures the frequency and makes an assessment of rhythm and alterations.

The monitor is a unit slightly larger than a mobile phone that the patient wears around the waist and is connected to four electrodes placed on the chest. The signals sent help prevent

arrhythmias, ischemia and myocardial infarction  and has a patient fall detector, an emergency button and a communicator that allows the patient to talk to an expert immediately if he/she feels unwell.

This semester the United States and Europe will receive the first models produced, which will be rented to patients with an estimated price of $ 300 per week.

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