FDA-cleared smart phone-connected thermometer launched  by Kinsa Health. It will soon be available at CVS and Apple Stores across the US as well as online at Amazon, Apple.com, and Kinsa’s website.

This thermometer connects to a smart phone via the headphone jack. The thermometer can be used orally, under-arm, or rectally.

Data from the device can be sent to a companion app, which records ---the patient's temperature, the time at which temperature was taken, and other data about how the user is feeling.

For children, the app also uses the smart phone’s display screen to offer animated visuals throughout a temperature reading in order to calm, distract and engage kids. 

The price of the thermometer is $14.99 for Kinsa Health customers, but retail price is $29.99.

The company also hopes to use the thermometer as an entry point to create a real time health map that tracks the spread of disease. The app will supplement the data it generates with public third party data, like data from the CDC, and data from private data partners.

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