by Bruce Brown | January 12, 2023 | Health
Previous Health Tech Insider coverage of navigation wearables included augmented reality (AR) glasses and a smart backpack. Both technologies focused on helping blind and limited-vision people navigate streets. At CES 2023 this year, Tokyo-based Loovic inc. introduced...
by Bruce Brown | January 9, 2023 | Health, Medical
The CONNEQT Pulse multi-mode digital biomarker device won a coveted Innovation award at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CONNEQT is a subsidiary of CardieX Limited. CONNEQT Pulse measures arterial health, central blood pressure, and pulse pressure,...
by Bruce Brown | January 9, 2023 | Enabling Tech
Continuous heart health monitoring is infinitely more useful than the single readings typically generated during a visit to a doctor’s office. Continuous monitoring for longer durations lessens the chance of missing heart rhythm problems. We’ve written...
by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2023 | Enabling Tech
Gait analysis is useful in guiding treatment for neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, pediatric cerebral palsy. Accurate gait measurements can also predict fall risk with older people and measure progress during...
by Bruce Brown | January 3, 2023 | Medical
Companies such as Neurava that develop wearables for people with epilepsy usually focus on tracking bio-signals and monitoring seizures. In 2021, the biopharmaceutical company UCB went beyond monitoring, working with brain health startup NextSense to develop earbuds...