Omron Healthcare has introduced home blood pressure monitors with built-in, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered detection of atrial fibrillation (AF). In what the company describes as a “medical device first”, blood pressure monitors featuring Omron’s novel machine learning Intellisense AFib algorithm will automatically check for AF during every blood pressure measurement, and can therefore provide early detection for heightened risks of stroke and heart failure.
“Omron Healthcare is evolving the blood pressure monitoring experience by making AF screening an integral part of every measurement. AF is a serious condition that is widely undiagnosed. With Intellisense AFib, we are working to help anyone who uses our blood pressure monitors detect this condition earlier so they can reduce the associated stroke, heart failure and dementia risks,” said Omron Healthcare’s US managing director Alice Koehler.
As stated in a recent company press release, Omron blood pressure monitors with Intellisense AFib—including Omron Platinum BP5465, Omron 10 Series BP7465, Omron 7 Series BP7360, and Omron Gold BP5360—are compatible with the Omron Connect app.
“Our blood pressure monitors with Intellisense AFib automatically screen for atrial fibrillation with every single measurement,” Koehler added. “With this breakthrough in AF detection, Omron is setting a new high standard for the blood pressure monitoring experience.”
Omron Intellisense AFib incorporates more than 300 mathematical indices into a machine learning algorithm that analyses the pressure pulse wave generated as the blood pressure monitor cuff inflates. A clinical study published in October 2024 in the journal Heart Rhythm found that Omron blood pressure monitors with Intellisense AFib can detect disturbances specific to AF with “remarkable accuracy”.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Omron Healthcare medical device authorisation for Intellisense AFib via its de novo classification—a regulatory pathway designed for “first-of-their-kind” innovations.
With the launch of blood pressure monitors with Intellisense AFib, Omron has also introduced an AF education hub that explains the condition, its risk factors, and common symptoms, as well as providing details on how Intellisense AFib works and how Omron developed the innovation as part of its ‘Going for Zero’ mission.
Additionally, AF education extends to the Omron Connect app, which syncs every Intellisense AFib blood pressure monitor to iOS and Android devices via Bluetooth. The app charts user readings by the day, week, month and year, and analyses a user’s trends and habits, presents insights to explain data, and provides daily reminders and progress reports. With Omron Connect, a user can send heart health readings to a doctor too.
“Research shows 90% of heart attacks and strokes are preventable,” Koehler commented. “By evolving the blood pressure monitoring experience with Intellisense AFib, Omron is providing unprecedented at-home access to technologies that can make a world of difference in heart health.”
