by Bruce Brown | February 20, 2020 | Medical
Wearable patch biosensor technology applications for in-hospital and remote patient monitoring are rapidly gaining traction as developers gain expertise. As predicted in 2017’s Connected Wearable Patches report, clinical applications of wearable patches are the...
by Bruce Brown | February 19, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Research and developments in energy harvesting to power implants and wearables continues to explore fascinating technologies. We’ve written about harvesting energy from human knee motion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and from carbon nanotube yarn...
by Bruce Brown | February 18, 2020 | Health
Hearables will play a much larger role in the wearables story in the coming years, according to market predictions we’ve reported from Gartner, IDC, and others. Valencell’s recent announcement of cuff-like blood pressure accuracy with a sensor it has...
by Bruce Brown | February 17, 2020 | Medical
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is the most extreme form of peripheral artery disease (PAD). CLI mortality rates are as high as 20% in the first six months after diagnosis. Characterized by poor quality of life, 6-month lower limb amputation rates from 10% to 40%, and...
by Bruce Brown | February 14, 2020 | Health
Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremors patients often struggle with shaky hands and forearms. This can make common daily activities extremely difficult, such as eating, drinking, writing, putting on makeup, or getting dressed. We have written about devices to...
