New AI tool detects heart disorders

`7K sheet developed by IITians to monitor health

◗ The AI-powered sensor sheet can be put under the mattress to detect indicators such as respiration and stress with medical grade accuracy

New Delhi, Sept. 23: — PTI A team of IIT graduates has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered sensor sheet that can be put under the mattress to detect indicators such as heart health, respiration, sleep, and stress with medical grade accuracy.

The device works on a technology known as Ballistocardiography (BCG), which involves measurement of the movement of heart.

BCG can be extended to find movement, breathing and snoring.

“Our advanced algorithms have been trained over billions of data points to achieve 98.4 per cent accuracy in measuring heartbeat and respiration. The device is a contact-free health monitor and personal health companion,” Mudit Dandwate, an alumnus of IITBombay, said.

“It is a thin sensor sheet that goes below the mattress and tracks heart health, respiration, sleep, stress with medical grade accuracy. Basis tracking their health data, there are experts that provide personalised health improvement plan,” said Mudit, co-founder of Dozee.

The device is powered by AI engine that conducts risk analysis on an individual’s health data to note the slightest of deviations from their healthy baselines and detect any early signs of health deterioration.

The device has successfully predicted early health deterioration in conditions ranging from fever to heart failure, even before the symptoms appear, co-founder Gaurav Parchani, an alumnus of IIT Indore, said.

The team noted that the thin sheet comes with data accumulation and communication unit, cloud software and mobile phone and Web apps.