Scientists from the University Medical Center Utrecht invented a bracelet that tracks the heartbeat and movement of a person.

A new invention differs from a conventional fitness tracker in that it can distinguish an epileptic seizure by erratic muscle contractions and heart palpitations, and then send a warning to doctors. This writes meddaily. ru.

The bracelet must be worn on the patient's forearm and track performance. If deviations are observed, the color of the indicators changes and a beep sounds..

The invention was tested on 28 volunteers over 65 nights. The total amount of information was 1826 nights and 809 epileptic seizures.. Scientists have found that in 85% of cases the bracelet helped to determine the deterioration. It should be noted that the most serious attacks of the tonic-clonic type of the invention in 96% of cases.

Researchers believe the bracelet could reduce epilepsy mortality by two thirds.

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