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Alimetry has released a wearable device that can help doctors diagnose the contributing causes of common symptoms such as abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea and vomiting in their patients.
Patients suffering from gastric dysfunction may soon have an alternative to invasive endoscopies and diagnostic procedures, thanks to a wireless medical device designed by an Auckland-based startup.
Alimetry, a spinout of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland, has released a wearable device that can help doctors diagnose the contributing causes of common symptoms such as abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea and vomiting in their patients. Worn over the stomach, the device consists of a stretchable array containing 64 electrodes. Much like the way an ECG records the electronic signal of the heart, Alimetry’s device, known as Gastric Alimetry, can measure the comparatively weaker signals coming from the stomach and produce ac
Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:05 am
Alimetry, a digital healthcare and diagnostic devices
start-up, announced today that it has achieved CE Mark for
its first product, a pioneering medical device for enabling
diagnosis of gastric diseases.
The new wearable
product, called Gastric Alimetry, is positioned to transform
the diagnostic pathway for millions of patients worldwide
suffering from diseases such as functional dyspepsia,
gastroparesis and chronic nausea and vomiting. Gastric
symptoms are extremely prevalent and impart a vast burden,
affecting around 10% of the global population. The Gastric
Alimetry device collects data by non-invasively sensing the
activity of the stomach from the body surface. The data is