LMD launched the world’s first medically-accurate sensor that can be built into a smartphone to make measurements of blood pressure and other vital signs at the start of 2017 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The V-Sensor health sensor and app uses a modification of the classical medical technique of Riva-Rocci to measure blood pressure, but instead of inflating a cuff on the arm, the user simply presses their index finger against the V-Sensor, which is built into the smartphone. An app, using gamification, ensures that the correct pressure is applied for the correct length of time in order to achieve a medically-accurate and consistent blood pressure reading. LMD’s devices, which also measure body temperature, are calibrated for life during manufacture.
The V-Sensor health sensor and app is set to undergo final clinical trials at CHUV, a renowned Swiss university hospital, early in 2018, before submission to the FDA and other authorities globally for certification of medical accuracy. In addition to blood pressure and temperature measurements, the V-Sensor can also read blood oxygen saturation, heart rate and respiration rate.
Adds Jones, Founder & CEO of LMD: “Medical accuracy is the last barrier that industry must overcome before we see the smartphone become accepted as a device that is trusted by users as well as doctors and other professionals worldwide to provide precise, repeatable analysis of the user’s state of health.”