Withings unveils BeamO ‘multiscope’ for at-home checkups
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Digital health company Withings announced its BeamO “multiscope,” a device that can perform four health checks in under a minute.
The Beamo fuses the capabilities of thermometer, electrocardiogram, oximeter and stethoscope in an at-home checkup device. In other words, the multiscope can do more than a fitness watch and leapfrog other single-purpose devices.
The aim is to let people do more tests at home and talk to doctors in remote calls about the results, advancing the efficiency of telemedicine.
Typically, temperature is the only health scan performed regularly at home, Withings said. BeamO is positioned to become the new thermometer of the future in every home, and observe heart and lung health at the same time, the company hopes.
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Withings is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, and it’s showing the tech off at CES 2024, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas next week. Of course, there will be tons of competition out there from other digital health companies, all vying to be the one solutions to solve them all. I’m looking at a Circular health ring on my desk, I’ve got an Apple Watch and I’ve got an iPhone.
That arms me with far more information than I’ve ever had before. Many devices can connect to the phone and aggregate data. We don’t have our Star Trek Tricorder yet, but we’re getting there. Last year, Withings made headlines at CES 2023 with its urinalysis tool based on toilet readings.
This advanced “multiscope” will place the ability to measure core health vitals taken during physician
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