Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The pitch

No more extra appointments to find out if you have arrhythmia, with Digital Beats it’s now a simple 5 minute test any nurse can apply.

Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The fun part

The pattern recognition is the fun part in this idea. Could a computer do better than a doctor? I think so.

Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The growth potential

There are around 6,000 hospitals in the us, with a total of about one million beds. If there is a need for one unit per ten beds, that comes to 100,000 units for hospitals alone. If the device needs to be replaced every 5 years, that would come to a 20,000 units sold per year, or $20 million a year in revenue. Globally it could be $100 million a year.

Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The monetization

The device would be be sold on a per unit basis for about one thousand dollars. I expect that a clinic with ten rooms may only need one unit. A clinic specializing in heart care would probably need twice as many.

Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The idea

We have simple technology that measures blood pressure and pulse. There should be another simple medical device that can determine if a patient has an arrhythmia, such as mitral valve prolapse. The sensor would be a digital stethoscope that is placed on the patient's chest for a few minutes. The computer attached to the sensor would use pattern recognition to determine which, if any, arrhythmia the patient has. This could be turn what is now an appointment with a specialist into something a nurse can do on demand, and more people could be screened for heart rhythm or other abnormalities.

Acoustic Cardiac Monitor - The motivation

Diagnosing heart rhythm abnormalities is a somewhat involved process where a specially trained doctor listens to the patients heart. This is a waste of medical resources, and should be off-loaded onto computers.