Motivation

A wireless ECG device that can monitor a person anywhere at anytime is a very valuable tool. If someone has a heart attack or other heart irregularity and they are unable to call for an ambulance, the wireless ECG can use their smartphone to send an alert to a nearby hospital. They can then be tracked down using the GPS built into the phone. Not only will a device like this directly save lives, it will also save even more lives indirectly.

Currently, if someone has a heart attack that requires a trip to the hospital, there is no ECG data outlining what happened leading up to the heart attack. If a person is being constantly monitored then this data can be captured and studied. This could provide doctors and researchers with valuable information to help proactively detect and prevent heart attacks before they happen. Unless a person is already in the hospital being monitored by an ECG then there is no current way to capture this vital data.