U.S statistics for hypertension are daunting. According to a 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, one third of all adults age 20 and above have high blood pressure. The CDC also reported 9.5 deaths per 100,000 population from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease. We have written about many personal blood pressure devices and studies, … [Read more...]
Pacemaker Powered by Microwaves
Implanted pacemakers have helped millions of people since Wilson Greatbatch accidentally invented them in the 1950s while building a device to record the sounds of a working heart. At that time heart pacemakers were huge external devices and often shocked patients. Greatbatch realized the potential of his invention as an implantable, mobile pacemaker. He spent two … [Read more...]
Smart Shoes Do More Than Auto-Tighten [video]
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If Batman had special shoes, they probably would look something like this; "Quick, into the Batshoes! There's no time to waste!" If you can't be bothered with tying the laces on your sneakers, you can just fire up your smartphone and have the shoes tighten themselves for you. This may strike some as being a bit frivolous, but this is the Smartshoe from Digitsole. The company … [Read more...]
Hypertension Monitoring Devices Continue to Evolve [video]
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High blood pressure is tragically common in the U.S., where 75 million or 1 of every 3 adults has the condition according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People with high blood pressure -- or hypertension -- are at greater risk of heart disease or stroke. We've written about several device form factors for measuring high blood pressure, although the … [Read more...]
Wireless Charging Combined with Bio-Sensors
Our collections of AC adapters and charging cables grow as we accumulate mobile Health Tech devices. One way to keep the horde of electrical "wall-warts" and associated tangled cables to a minimum is to use multifunction devices with diverse biometric sensors. Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) and Humavox recently demonstrated another solution: wireless charging combined with … [Read more...]
