Withings at the CES has announced Thermo, a Wi-Fi connected temporal artery thermometer. Thermo features 16 independent infrared sensors helps to take the temperature from the temporal artery at the side of the head – the new gold standard for temperature measurement – in just 2 seconds and sends the readings across the smartphone app through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The app allows to record readings for multiple users as well as allowing to log symptoms and even allows the data to be shared with a physician at any time.
As far as approval is concerned, Withings Thermo is a Class IIa Medical device and with appropriate fillings for FDA-Cleared status in the US and CE Medical Approved status in the EU.
It will start selling in the US from this quarter for $99.95.
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