SA product improves the lives of Chinese children

More than 300 rural Chinese children recently had their hearts checked courtesy of a revolutionary product developed by a Stellenbosch-based company.

Diacoustic Medical Devices produces Sensi Cardiac, a computer-based system allowing doctors to accurately distinguish between innocent and possibly dangerous heart murmurs in children. Heart murmurs are notoriously difficult to diagnose accurately, so many children with perfectly innocent murmurs are often referred to heart specialists for a second opinion, with obvious emotional and cost implications for both child and family.

Sensi Cardiac can analyse a patient’s heart murmur with an accuracy of 90%, making it the most accurate system of its kind in the world. “Sensi is of particular value to rural doctors and in rural clinics where specialist services are less available, as all it requires is an electronic stethoscope plugged into a laptop, computer or tablet, and an ECG device,” explained Thys Cronjé, director of Diacoustic Medical Devices.

Source: http://www.sensicardiac.com/latestnews/40-sa-product-improved-the-lives-of-chinese-children.html