One of the new features of the Apple Watch is the ability to check whether the user is experiencing irregular heartbeats, or in medical terms, atrial fibrillation. about Apple's research, which speaks in favor of fairly accurate detection of arrhythmia by the watch. However, it seems that not everyone is enamored with this feature, which, according to reports, has saved many lives since its introduction.
One such person is Dr. Joseph Wiesel of New York University, who is currently suing Apple over the Apple Watch's atrial fibrillation detection feature. In his lawsuit, Mr. Wiesel argues that the Apple Watch feature clearly infringed his patent, which marked groundbreaking steps in arrhythmia monitoring.
Joseph Wiesel received a patent back in 2006 - it describes how to track irregular heartbeats over a sequence of time intervals. The doctor also claims that he approached Apple back in 2017 about a potential partnership, but apparently the latter was not willing to work with him. In his lawsuit, Mr. Wiesel asks the court to prohibit the Cupertino company from using the technology, as well as to pay royalties that, in his opinion, are due to him.
It's unclear how this case will be resolvedβit's possible Apple and Joseph Wiesel could come to some kind of agreement, but it certainly isn't the first time the company has been accused of infringing a patent owned by someone else. Such cases are quite common among large technology companies that are constantly in the spotlight.
Source: 3dnews.ru