Mountain View, California–based AliveCor’s first-of-its-kind handheld ECG system leverages a deep neural network machine learning AI model called KAI 12L AI. This advanced AI software algorithm—trained on more than 1 million recorded ECGs—can detect 35 different conditions. Among those are myocardial infarction (otherwise known as a heart attack) and the most common types of cardiac ischemia.

Kardia 12L, a battery-operated, pocket-sized system, weighs just 0.3 lbs and uses just one cable with a reduced lead set. It features just five electrodes, halving the standard 10 electrodes, used to acquire eight high quality diagnostic bandwidth leads. The company says this simplifies and speeds up the process of obtaining a reading, enabling physicians in rapid disease detection.