The iHeart fingertip oximeter, with a retail cost of $100, acquires Aortic PWV using a 30 second test. It previously required equipment costing over $20,000 and a trained technician to measure Aortic PWV.

Aortic PWV is an indicator of Aortic Stiffness and is widely recognized in published papers as an indicator of ‘all cause mortality’ with an ability to estimate lifespan. Aortic PWV is the first truly integrative metric, objectively tracking benefit from positive lifestyle efforts such as exercise, good diet and stress management.

Aortic PWV has been noted in published research to be a surrogate measure of spinal flexibility. The ability of Aortic PWV to measure spinal flexibility has profound significance for understanding the basis for wellness and as a way for individuals to gauge overall health and progress towards wellness and longevity.

Spinal flexibility has long been recognized by Yoga practitioners as critically important to good health and longevity. Aortic PWV offers a way to quantify the benefits of Yoga. The spine has strong and elastic connections to the rib cage and diaphragm muscle. Together the spine, rib cage and diaphragm act together, allow each breath to provide health benefits for all aspects of human physiology. Coordinated, breathing based, rhythmic movements of the spine, rib cage and diaphragm can be referred to as Inner Mobility. With decreased Inner Mobility there is reduced spinal flexibility and increased Aortic Stiffness. Aortic Stiffness, measured using Aortic PWV, is a Master Metric able to assess overall health and estimate lifespan.

The iHeart oximeter and Internal Age mobile app (measuring Aortic PWV) offer, for the first time, insight into the fundamental processes that maintain health and affect longevity.

The iHeart Oximeter’s ability to support Aortic PWV measurement bridges ancient Eastern integrative health insights and modern Western organ system based knowledge. This creates a health paradigm guiding individuals towards wellness as well as allowing health professionals to identify warning signs of illness long in advance of awareness of clinical symptoms.

The iHeart oximeter is low cost, simple to use and offers an easy to understand Internal Age measurement directly related to Aortic Stiffness measurement. Democratizing access to Aortic Stiffness and Inner Mobility measurement will offer individuals a simple way to assess overall wellness and objectively recognize benefit from healthy lifestyle efforts.