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by mslip1 878 days ago
I believe the Apple Watch is a class 2 medical device because it alerts you if it thinks you’re having a heart attack. They probably got a 510k for this and based it on some other predicate device
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“Apple Watch cannot check for signs of a heart attack.”

— Apple Watch ECG App

You’re probably thinking of afib, which I believe the watch will alert for.