Imec created the BeatleIC chip with the help of its San Francisco-based spinoff Bloomlife, which produces a pregnancy and contraction tracker. The chip — the first of its kind, per imec — can be used to accurately monitor fetal ECG beginning at 20 weeks into a pregnancy.
Once the chip has gone through clinical testing, it will launch as part of a system including a wearable patch, a smartphone app and a risk management platform that will help healthcare providers monitor the data collected by the chip.
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