Ukutholwa kwesigqi okungajwayelekile kutholakala kuyo yonke i-Apple Watch kusuka ku-Series 1 kuya kumodeli entsha yokubuka eyethulwe kulo nyaka, i-Apple Watch Series 5. Hhayi-ke, kubonakala sengathi inkampani yaseCupertino ngabe yephule noma yeqa ilungelo lobunikazi elibhaliswe ngu UDkt Joseph Wiesel, obhaliswe ngo-2006. Le patent kusobala ukuthi ingokoqobo futhi yabhaliswa eminyakeni eminingi ngaphambi kokuba i-Apple Watch uqobo lwayo lube khona, nangaphambi kokuqaliswa kwe-iPhone yokuqala, ngakho-ke sizobona ukuthi lezi zindaba ababelana ngazo eBloomberg zilandela kanjani.
I-patent ichaza ukuthi uWiesel waba ngowokuqala ukudala umsebenzi othola i-Atrial Fibrillation ngokuqopha ukushaya kwenhliziyo ngezikhathi eziningi. Ngo-2017, uWiesel uqobo wathinta u-Apple futhi wabatshela nge-patent yakhe, kepha inkampani ibonakala ingazimisele ukuxoxisana ngayo futhi ekugcineni konke kuzophelela enkantolo.
Siyaqonda ukuthi i-Apple inamandla anele okushushisa noma yimuphi umuntu noma inkampani kodwa ubufakazi bale patent kungaba nemiphumela yezimali enkampanini Cupertino, ukuze kucace njengoba kubonakala.
Bloomberg, kuqinisekisa ukuthi lesi sikhalazo ngeke sithinte nakancane umsebenzi wewashi nokuthi njengoba kusobala akukho lutho oluphathelene nento eyodwa nenye. Uma kwenzeka ukuthi udokotela waseNew York University anqobe enkantolo, inkampani kuzofanela ikhokhe inani elithile lemali, yize kuliqiniso lokho Kuhlala kufakazelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bukadokotela busetshenzisiwe ekusebenzeni kwewashi. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi i-ECG (ElectroCardioGrama) ayihlangene ngalutho nokutholwa kwesigqi esingajwayelekile.