The Pentagon is working with a prominent technology company to use body-worn sensors to identify Americans infected with the novel coronavirus even before symptoms start to appear. The nascent project, funded by the Defense Health Agency and organized by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF), also hopes
The Pentagon is working with a prominent technology company to use body-worn sensors to identify Americans infected with the novel coronavirus even before symptoms start to appear.
Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis. Here's how the physIQ technology works: Each patient attaches an electronic sensor to their chest or wrist. The sensors measure vital signs in infected patients, and that data is continuously relayed back to physIQ, whose self-described"artificial intelligence systems" then identify changes in the body and likely indicators of infection.
But, he added, the"best application" for his company's technology would be for patients who already know they're infected. "Physiologic monitoring could potentially provide early indication of infection, which could help to target testing to individuals most likely to be infected," the HJF's Dr. Danielle Clark told ABC News.
With researchers and doctors in"desperate need for more data" about COVID-19, about 25 patients have begun using the devices, which are placed on a patient's throat to monitor coughing and respiratory activity, according to a press release on Monday.
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