Instant Blood Pressure, an app from Aura Labs, has been removed from the app store for more than two years. The makers of the app, which purported to report users' blood pressure using the phone's camera, had to pay $600,000 settlement to the FTC after it was found to be inaccurate, first in an investigative report by iMedicalApps and then in a subsequent validation study at Johns Hopkins.
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Newport Beach, California-based AuraLabs has agreed to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission over claims that their Instant Blood Pressure app was accurate and could even replace traditional blood pressure cuffs. Additionally, AuraLabs Founder and CEO Ryan Archdeacon was also accused of leaving five-star positive reviews of Instant Blood Pressure in app stores without disclosing his...
