B-Secur announces key US collaboration in heart monitoring wearables

Following last month’s announcement that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its innovative ECG software HeartKey®, Belfast-based B-Secur today announced a key collaboration with a world leading technology company, Maxim Integrated.

This is a significant development in enabling consumers to experience technology in the connected world using their unique heartbeat.

With B-Secur, multi-billion US dollar Maxim Integrated has launched an ultra-low power sensor hub that delivers health information and insights to wearable wrist, finger and chest applications, such as smart watches, clothing, rings and chest straps.

Ben Carter, CCO, B-Secur said: “Partnering with a company like Maxim Integrated, combining our FDA cleared health algorithms and their low power ECG sensor has allowed us to create a fully integrated turnkey medical grade solution that speeds time to market for healthcare and consumer applications.”

Kris Ardis of Maxim Integrated commented: “The announcement today is a great example of how we have worked together with B-Secur to incorporate intelligent features in low power, small devices.”

Securing FDA clearance for HeartKey® has been a significant development for B-Secur and for heart health innovation worldwide. For the first time, companies making consumer wearable devices can now generate advanced medical-grade wellness and health data from any device and platform.

With HeartKey, ECG is used to determine who you are and how you are at the same time, and can help protect lives, data, and devices. With heart disease being the world’s single biggest killer, B-Secur is now perfectly positioned to help save lives.

The announcement from B-Secur comes at an important time for cardiovascular disease (CVD) which is the number one cause of death globally with an estimated 17.9 million people dying from the disease each year representing 31% of all global deaths[1].

Founded in Belfast and headquartered at Catalyst in The Innovation Center, B-Secur is on a mission to revolutionise the way people experience technology in the connected world using their unique heartbeat.  The company employs 35 engineers and has invested many years of advanced, scientific research in ECG to become a market leader in the development and integration of ECG technology, partnering with some of the world’s leading technology companies.