Many people suffer from a mysterious disease – the unusual and sudden loss of consciousness. It is known as syncope – simply temporary loss of consciousness. According to studies, even some doctors are not aware of this syndrome, and they take it as a result of weak heartbeat and implant pacemakers. Sometimes, even thorough medical tests like - electrocardiography – Tilt test can’t detect the exact causes for syncope. However, only 10% of syncope cases have cardiac causes.
In this scenario, the invention of Insetable Loop Recorder (ILR) is a great relief for both medics and patients suffering from the mysterious disease.
The thumb-sized device is inserted through a non-invasive procedure and only local anesthesia is used. It records and stores data of the heart beat thus helping in the documentation of the heart’s behavior during sudden loss of consciousness. No longer, doctors need to rely any presumptive process as the syncope has no regular pattern of repetition, making it difficult to document
