NSUU: Digital Cardiograph

2025: Market Entry

Specialists from Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod have released an innovative portable cardiograph that not only performs electrocardiography, but also uses artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly and accurately diagnose. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin spoke about this development in mid-April 2025.

According to TASS, the peculiarity of this device is that it shoots a full-fledged electrocardiogram, which is transmitted in real time to the server using a mobile application. After that, in the shortest possible time, using artificial intelligence technologies, the system forms a diagnosis with a high level of accuracy.

𝓲

Фото: NSUU

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stressed that such developments were possible thanks to state support for research centers at higher educational institutions that conduct scientific activities in the field of artificial intelligence. Within the framework of this program, 12 such scientific structures have already received special grants.

Over the four years of the research centers, several dozen applied innovations have been created. The head of government emphasized that all developed technologies have practical application and can be introduced in various industries.

A portable cardiograph addresses the important issue of availability of timely cardiac diagnosis. Due to its compact size and wireless data transfer, the device can be used both in medical institutions and in the home. This is especially true for patients from remote communities where access to qualified health care is limited.

The electrocardiogram analysis system developed by Nizhny Novgorod scientists is based on neural networks that are trained on extensive arrays of clinical data. The algorithm is able to recognize various pathologies of the cardiovascular system, including rhythm disorders, signs of ischemia and other abnormalities.^[1]

2024: Product Announcement

At the end of January 2024, specialists from the N. I. Lobachevsky National Research Nizhny Novgorod State University (NNSU) announced the development of a Russian digital cardiograph based on artificial intelligence. This device transmits data to a smartphone, which allows you to quickly identify possible pathologies.

The system is a hardware and software complex consisting of several modules. This, in particular, is a mini-cardiograph that is fixed on the patient's chest: it records the performance of the heart. The obtained data is transmitted using a mobile application to the server, where they are analyzed using special algorithms. The results are available to both the doctor and the user himself: you can view the ECG data and the description of the indicators.

𝓲

Фото: PharmMedProm

It is noted that the device can detect pathological changes, record arrhythmias and predict the possibility of sudden death based on the current condition of the patient's heart. In general, the new Russian platform expands the possibilities of early diagnosis of diseases of the cardiovascular system and remote control over the health of patients. It is expected that the solution will be used not only in medical institutions, but also in home conditions.

The device's software uses a database that includes tens of thousands of electrocardiogram records. This is information about patients aged 17 to 80 years. A medical report was drawn up for each case. Thanks to sampling-based machine learning technologies, the system automatically builds diagnosis algorithms. It is claimed that the accuracy of diagnostics of the device varies from 86.9% to 95.1%. Analysis of the results of machine decoding of ECG showed that the capabilities of neural networks can be used to automatically analyze the work of the heart.^[2]

Notes