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 accurate reports clinicians can use to treat patients.