Feasibility testing of a novel AI-enabled, cloud-based ECG diagnostic solution to enable fast and affordable diagnosis in long-term continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring
Stony Brook, NY – June 8, 2023 – ZBeats Inc., a digital health company focused on transforming cardiac diagnostics, has announced the launch of a feasibility study evaluating a next-generation ECG monitoring system that combines cloud infrastructure and cutting-edge detection software for long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM). The initiative is supported through an SBIR Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is conducted in collaboration with Stony Brook University Hospital and Lankenau Medical Center.
The proposed observational study is to evaluate the feasibility of a novel ECG monitoring system leveraging concurrent AI and cloud technologies in long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) in the clinical environment. It does not intend to use any data or information from the investigational solution to interfere, intervene or affect any clinical decisions made for the participants. Among nearly 2M per year syncope or TIA/stroke patients, 12-15% are cardiac-arrhythmia associated, which usually carries higher risk for long-term disability and even mortality than other-etiologies patients.
Proper risk stratification and early initiation of appropriate preventative treatment can result in significant reduction of the cardiac related diseases and their associated mortality. Although LTCM has been proven to be able to detect arrhythmia with high diagnostic yield, the current standard of care has major market pains: 1) days-to-weeks of delay to deliver final report for offline extended Holter; 2) low accuracy in stream arrhythmia detection for online Mobile Cardiac Telemetry; and 3) physicians do not have access to patients’ ECG data. ZBeats’ solution is aiming to improve today’s standard of care by addressing technology accessibility and affordability.
ZBPro™, ZBeats’ alpha prototype was validated against our proprietary dataset as well as public datasets required in ANSI/AAMI EC57, demonstrating algorithms, data transmission and visualization work well as expected.
This proposed study will undergo collaboration among ZBeats, Stony Brook University Hospital and Lankenau Medical Center. The long- term goal is to dramatically improve the current standard of care in LTCM by reducing the time to detection of life-threatening arrhythmia from weeks to minutes for cardiac-related high-risk patients, increase the streaming detection accuracy and reducing the total costs by leveraging AI algorithms, cloud infrastructure and a low-cost flexible-material patch. This cost reduction will lead to more general medical use cases, such as telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) to benefit the broader population. https://www.sbir.gov/node/2300251
About ZBeats Inc.
ZBeats is a New York-based medical technology company developing cloud-based ECG software and wearable sensor integrations for ambulatory cardiac monitoring. The company’s mission is to bring scalable, clinician-centered solutions to healthcare systems, IDTFs, and digital health providers.
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