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Quentin Blackford

Quentin Blackford

President and CEO of iRhythm Technologies, a digital healthcare company behind the Zio wearable cardiac monitoring patch, and a board member of Align Technology.

Sep 2, 2026

4:06
And, you know, it was creating the category before it was chic to talk about wearables.
4:13
Yeah, no doubt.
4:15
Look, I think the early founders of iRhythm saw this opportunity just to improve upon what the standard of care was in the marketplace, to be honest with you.
4:25
And I think we embarked upon the early stages of wearable technologies.
4:29
I mean, literally, you put a patch on, we like to say you stick it and forget it, but patient puts it on, they wear it for 14 days, and we're capturing just a tremendous amount of insights over the duration of that wear period.
4:40
But again, what continues to set us apart and why I think we're unique to the sort of generality of what a wearable is, is that we are at a different level of capability.
4:51
We are a true medical grade diagnostic tool that's been approved by the FDA for diagnosis where all these other wearables are not.
7:54
Can you talk about the reasoning behind the deal and how it will help enhance iRhythm and also Zio?

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