Here’s How Biosensing Software Is Helping People Measure Heart Health
Summary
According to Eliott Jones, CEO and co-founder of Biospectal, OptiBP calculates blood pressure via the fingertip on a smartphone camera. The OptiBP app is currently available on Android in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and France and is compliant with the European Union CE MDR regulations for medical device certification. Jones says that for their CE mark certification, the OptiBP app received clinically accurate levels respecting an adapted version of ISO 81060-3 standard for blood pressure cuffs to our new optical technology. Jones says that, with that issue in mind, the company wants to empower patients to become more knowledgeable about their disease and to coordinate better with the people—relatives, doctors, or both—supporting them in their health management. "OptiBP definitely falls into the quantified self category because it helps users capture a critical vital sign much better than a traditional cuff," said Jones.