Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.: The Cornerstone of Arrhythmia Monitor Evolution

In the pursuit to continually improve patient care, Gust Bardy, MD naturally extended his talents beyond cardiac medicine to become an inventor, a serial entrepreneur, and a public health researcher. Adorned with these illustrious feathers in his cap, Bardy continues to address outstanding frustrations in the cardiology community, more recently the lack of adequate clinical innovation in arrhythmia monitoring and detection. “In his years of clinical experience, Bardy found that most cardiac monitors could not provide him with the level of ECG signal clarity he required to appropriately identify the P-wave, the small-amplitude waveform of the ECG that is essential to accurately diagnosing arrhythmia in his patients,” recalls Jon Hunt, PhD, CEO of Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. As a result, Hunt and Bardy founded Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. to completely redesign an arrhythmia monitor with optimal signal detection, patient comfort, and ease of use.

Today, the firm offers an innovative, state-of-the-art heart monitor known as the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM)™ that can be worn comfortably and discreetly for up to seven days. The device is worn to detect cardiac rhythm disorders that can be responsible for uncomfortable sensations in the chest (palpitations), lightheadedness, dizziness, loss of consciousness (syncope), difficulty in breathing, limited exercise capacity, chest pain, and cardiac arrest. What makes the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor unique is its patented P-wave-centric™ detection technology. The optimal ‘P-wave sensing’ is enabled through an integrated and scalable architecture that is designed to drastically improve visualization of the P-wave, as well as the equally important ventricular R-wave signal. “Our system is designed to look for the P-waves, which is actually part and parcel of the hardware architecture of the device and does not rely on back-end software algorithm enhancements, like many current devices available,” mentions Hunt.

The CAM’s two-piece disposable patch design provides convenient and efficient office management—no longer do patients have to wait for an available Holter monitor (a common issue in cardiac diagnostic practices).