Last month, Medgadget had the opportunity to visit the great state of Texas for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) event. We had a chance to chat with Yoku Méndez, CEO of Jalisco, México-based Soluciones Kenko. Their product is an innovative wearable called ECGlove which is designed to help doctors and paramedics quickly check patients for arrhythmias.

ECGlove consists of a common suede glove that a cyclist might wear, except that the fingertips of the thumb, index, and middle fingers are studded with metal electrodes. By placing the three fingers on a patient’s chest near the heart, ECGlove can rapidly record a 3-lead ECG through a module on the user’s wrist to help detect a possible arrhythmia. ECGlove even contains retractable ECG cables that can snap onto standard ECG electrode pads to record a traditional ECG.

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