French connected health company Withings unveiled at this month’s CES in Las Vegas a four-in-one health check-up device.

The BeamO multiscope places the ability to measure core health vitals taken during physician visits into the palm of the hand and will become available in the USA following FDA clearance.

BeamO combines ECG, oximeter, stethoscope and thermometer sensors to turn the thermometer into a tool for regular monitoring of heart and lung health. Portable and smaller than a smartphone, it is designed to help individuals and families perform at-home check-ups and improve the quality of telehealth visits.

“BeamO is a transformative multiscope device,” said Eric Carreel, president of Withings. “Once, body temperature was the only health scan routinely taken at home. BeamO will revolutionise the measurement of the core vitals carried out during medical visits from the comfort of one’s own home. This crucial data will provide a vital overview of overall health or warning signs of potential areas of concern. Instead of measuring these stats a couple of times a year in a clinical setting, it will be possible to assess them every day. BeamO will be the thermometer of the future, providing the ability to assess temperature and observe the state of the heart and lungs.”

BeamO has sensors that beam light waves to interpret blood flow patterns and temperature, as well as acoustic information. It performs multiple functions in one handheld device.

Photoplethysmography (PPG) and electrodes along its sides allow it to perform blood oxygenation (SpO₂), and heart rate readings simultaneously while conducting a medical-grade one-lead ECG. A simple light grip initiates measurements that can be viewed by users in real time on its animated colour LED display.

BeamO conducts accurate and stable core body temperature readings with a non-invasive scan of the temporal artery. An advancement on the Withings Thermo sensor technology, the hotspot sensor is a mono-element thermophile that narrows the focal area of the infra-red beam for contactless measurements. This increases the sensitivity of the scan, making it more robust to changes in distance from the skin or movement.

As a digital stethoscope, BeamO captures chest or back acoustic sound waves through a piezoelectric disc. With intuitive tutorials, users achieve precise heart and lung measurements. Equipped with a USB-C-to-jack adapter, results can be heard through headphones and seamlessly transferred, stored and shared in the app. During telehealth sessions, audio streaming enables physicians to guide device placement and focus on specific areas of interest.

With these capabilities, BeamO can conduct a four-in-one health check-up of body temperature, heart and lung health in under a minute. It will be able to alert users to possible fever and infection and will detect possible cardiovascular issues, including atrial fibrillation, which is one of the most prevalent forms of arrhythmias, and provides alerts in case heart rates are abnormal.

A complete health record, secured by automatically syncing with the Withings app through wifi, it creates comprehensive health records over time. To track individual and family health journeys, Withings also introduced capabilities within the app for BeamO and its entire family of connected health products. It makes it easier to track health stats over time that can be recorded and shared. With the app, users can view their full history of health readings along with interpretations of their meanings and actionable advice.

Family medical health history can also be uploaded and, where necessary, shared with physicians and other family members. And it allows multiple family members to create individual profiles to use and share Withings devices.

In addition, the app lets users upload details of any medications they are taking, set alerts and reminders to administer at the appropriate times, and log usage and side effects that can be shared with doctors to manage dosage and effectiveness.

For more information on BeamO, go to www.withings.com/us/en/beam-o.