If one were to look at the companies at the intersection of medical devices and consumer-driven health, AliveCor would immediately jump out. The Mountain View, CA-based company has developed ...

The AliveCor monitor is in a thin case with two electrodes that snaps onto the back of an iPhone 4 or 5. To obtain an ECG recording, the patient just holds the device while pressing fingers from each ...

More than a year into its patent dispute with Apple over the heart-monitoring technology embedded in the tech giant’s eponymous smartwatch, AliveCor has been dealt a serious blow. The company—which ...

Mayo Clinic, AliveCor develop mobile EKG device to monitor patients at risk of sudden cardiac death Researchers from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and AliveCor, a cardiology-focused medical ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) continues to be the most common heart rhythm disturbance, affecting more than 140 million people worldwide. AliveCor is focused on helping those with diagnosed and undiagnosed ...

Japan-based medical device company Omron Healthcare has partnered with AliveCor to help bring AliveCor's FDA-cleared smartphone-connected electrocardiogram (ECG) to more online and brick and mortar ...

Roughly two years after Apple brought an ECG monitor to its wrist-worn devices, connected ECG device-maker AliveCor has raised a patent lawsuit against the tech giant. Filed yesterday in the U.S.

AliveCor beat the Apple Watch to market with an iPhone-connected gadget with FDA approval to detect AFib – and has now been given clearance to report two more heart conditions to consumers. The ...

An administrative judge at the International Trade Commission (ITC) sided with AliveCor in its case against Apple, ruling that the tech giant has infringed the company's patented electrocardiogram ...

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Hot on the heels of a major win for Apple in its patent dispute with fellow wearable device maker AliveCor, the tech giant has hit a roadblock. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled last ...

The Skeptical Cardiologist received an email last week from a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib) saying she was having an episode, documented on her Apple Watch and Kardia device, but ...