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90.02 Research & medical grade ECG devices which some of those were used to study the accuracy of consumer grade HRMs in different papers

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Last Updated on August 26, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  • For resarch applications, at least 16 bit A/D conversion is recommended (personal communication PLUX wireless biosignals S.A.) . Some of the ECG devices in the following table have a lower sampling rate than 16 bit.
  • 3 lead ECG is gold standard for heart rate measurement: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732081/
Reference deviceHardwareSoftwareSampling RateChannels
LeadsElectrodesnoise & movement
artifact free		Scientific paperCosts
1g.tecg.Nautilus multipurpose device243 where used in the paper
(up to 64)		3 Motion artifacts can be minimized using active electrodes ( very expensive (*3))[90.8.6]32 channel device 54`178 Euro (*1)
2g.tecg.Nautilus g.SAHARA
with 8 Ch.
g.Recorder Professional 2.655 Euro
(according to g.tec configurator)		2483 Motion artifacts can be minimized using active electrodes ( very expensive (*3))4.990
Euro,
(according to g.tec configurator)
3QuintonStandard 3-leadsQ-tel RMS33[90.8.3]refurbished on ebay $6’990
4QuintonStandard 3-leadsQ-tel RMS33[90.8.5]refurbished on ebay
$ 6’990
5VyntusECGSentrySuite, only sold with
Ergospirometry system $40’000		Einthoven, Willson, Goldberger12[90.8.4]$ 7’500
6Embla TitaniumStandard clinical ECG2up to 12[90.8.1]
7Schiller Medilog AR12 Plus Holter Recorder GE Healthcare USAFire of Life1237only motion detection,
inaccurate
during exercise
[90.10.1]		[90.10.1]$1700
8iWorx214iWorx ECG Toolbox
$1000		1622 leads can be recorded at the same timeArtifact removal based on activity(*4)new $2000,
refurbished $1000,
used on ebay $300
9iWorxTA 220iWorx ECG Toolbox
$1000 		1633demo video shows 5Artifact removal based on activity(*5)used on ebay $1400
10EquivitalEQ 02+ LifemonitorEquivital
Black Ghost
10222?ECG noise reduction[90.8.2]
[90.9.4]
(*8)
11Adinstruments
Equivital (*9) 		EQ 02LabChart 8 Pro $ 7809 10 bit
for ECG;
12 bit for Accelerometer		2
ECG
channels		yes (*2)

Starter Pack
$ 2701

12biosignalspluxExplorer Kit with
4-channel Bluetooth hub
OpenSignals
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Add-on
€395,00		1644custom filtering to improve significant motion artifacts€770,00
13BITalinobiomedicalOpenSignals
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Add-on
€395,00		10 -12113custom filtering to improve significant motion artifactsSensors
validation paper
available		starting from $ 180
14AD8232 ECGComputer Sound Card,
ESP32,
ADS1115		Ubidots & MQTT, Home Assistant
with InfluxDB & Grafana & InfluxDB client for Python		computer sound card: 16
ESP 32: 10
ADS1115: 16		1
number can be increased by using multiple modules
and InfluxDB		1
number can be increased by using multiple modules
and InfluxDB		3$ 50
15biosignalspluxSolo OpenSignals
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Add-on
€395,00		16113
(*6)$ 375
16OpenBCIGanglion, CytonOpenBCI GUI,
LabStreamingLayer, OSC, Matlab, Python, BrainFlow
244-163-53-5(*7)OpenBCI 4-16 channels
$ 230 – 2000

(*1 ) Validation of Polar OH1 optical heart rate sensor for moderate and high intensity physical activities

(*2 ) https://m-cdn.adinstruments.com/brochures/ADINSTRUMENTS_EQUIVITAL_BROCHURE.pdf

(*3) https://petergamma.org/g-tec-medical-has-no-noise-and-movement-artifact-free-ecg/

(*4) https://iworx.com/products/data-recorders/ix-214-4-ch-data-recorder/?v=1ee0bf89c5d1

(*5) https://iworx.com/products/data-recorders/ix-ta-220-recorder-with-integrated-sensors/?v=1ee0bf89c5d1

(*6) https://petergamma.org/mindtecstore-biosignalsplux-solo-run-kit-for-research-sports-and-professional-users-such-as-doctors-and-scientists/

(*7) https://docs.openbci.com/GettingStarted/Biosensing-Setups/ECGSetup/

(*8) A technical Report of the US Army Research Institute of Medicine Environemental Medicine compared the accuracy of the Polar H10 chest to an Equivital LifeMonitor: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1154187.pdf

(*9) Adinstruments is partner of Equivital since 19 July 2016 for worldwide distribution of Equivital LifeMonitor with LabChart software.

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