Home ECG Test Kit
University of Pittsburgh
Senior Design – BioE 1160/1161
James Cook
Carmen Hayes
Joe Konwinski
April 18, 2005
Mentor: Mingui Sun, PhD
Problem Statement
Heart disease
2nd leading cause of death
Number 1 killer of women
Limitation of Diagnosis
In 2003, of the 700,000 Americans that died, only 148,000 were diagnosed
Individuals remain unaware of the symptoms of heart attack or dismiss them
Introduction
Develop a small device that can:
Cleanly amplify the electric activity of the heart
Save the amplified signal onto a portable memory solution
Produce a program that can:
Analyze the ECG data and give heart-risk feedback to the user
Be Sold Over-the-Counter
Be User Friendly and Safe
Purpose
Purpose is:
To assess heart risk of seemingly HEALTHY, middle to upper aged individuals
To give a cheaper/ less demanding alternative for healthy patients
Purpose is NOT:
To replace a health professional in assessing heart risk of ILL or HEAVY RISK individuals
Let Us Be Frank….
Market
What's There…
Marquette MARS PC Holter Monitoring & Review System
--$11,500
Burdick Vision Holter Analysis
System
--$6,000
All Marketed Devices are For Use By
Health Care Professionals
Market Size
Based on the 2000 Census, the population of both sexes ages 40+ was 119,386,252 (42% of population).

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