EPI Life becomes the world’s first ECG recording mobile phone

Designed by Singapore company Ephone International, EPI life is the first such mobile phone that can actually save your life. it has a built-in electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement function that is linked to a 24-hour health concierge service. All it takes is 30 seconds to complete a reading. When the reading is completed you can send back the data to the firm via GPRS, which will then be analyzed by the team of 10 cardiologists. And, if any life threatening condition exists, appropriate responses will be sent across through the call center. The responses include, ambulance service, expedited patient admission into any of its three partnering local hospitals and on-call doctors. You can also monitor blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol level easily by accessing the online folder called EPI Virtual Health Folder. And, in case you are frequent flyer, the global network service of hospitals and doctors also come with the phone.

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Currently the phone is available in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong for S$498 (US$357.32), requiring an additional monthly subscription for the health concierge service. A basic S$99 (US$71.03) plan limits users to 10 EGCs per month and the version at S$300 (US$215.25) with a free handset offers unlimited.

Via: Cnet