06 Oct WisBusiness: the Podcast with Dr. Sean McCormick, CEO of Atrility
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dr. Sean McCormick, CEO of Atrility.
This Madison-based company is developing an AI platform for better cardiac patient monitoring, based on its AtriAmp device. The tool is used to improve diagnosis of arrhythmias for post-operative cardiac surgery patients while they’re in the intensive care unit.
“Now we’re using some of the information and data that we’re getting through that device to build some software and AI models that will really expand our impact,” he said.
McCormick provides technical insights on the device, which was invented by UW-Madison Prof. Nicholas Von Bergen, a doctor in the university’s Division of Cardiology. By providing more clear, high-quality data on the patient’s heart, the AtriAmp can help care teams identify abnormal heart rates following surgery.
“As you can imagine, we have very clear electrical signals from the heart, these are literally wires directly from the heart,” he said. “Since all ECGs, or all electrocardiograms, are based upon electrical signal from the heart, that data that we get through that wire is extremely high-fidelity and clear information. The foundation of building any good AI model is good data.”