Wearable Prevents Joint Replacement Post-Op Edema

by Bruce Brown | January 31, 2020 | Medical

More than 90% of patients who have knee or hip replacement surgery experience postoperative lower extremity swelling (edema). Last year we wrote about Spryng’s battery-powered pneumatic wraps designed to apply rhythmic pressure to the lower legs to prevent...

Stretchable Battery [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 30, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Wearable devices designed for continuous biometric monitoring pose unique challenges in terms of power sources. A solution must be durable, comfortable, and convenient. We’ve written about flexible, stretchable batteries that can conform to various shapes and...

Wearable Sends Drowning Detection Alerts [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2020 | Health

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0261/0865/7724/files/ST1_wristcomputer_16_9_Moments.mp4?3157 Wristbands take the prize as the most common new tech medical and health wearable form factor. We’ve written about scads of single-purpose and multifunction wristbands...

Wearable Monitors Vital Signs for 30-Days [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 28, 2020 | Medical

If wearables’ announcements were Bingo games with chips for hot topics, Denver-based BioIntellisense just won the evening’s $500 grand prize. The company’s cost-effective, Data-as-as-Service (DaaS) platform’s medical-grade, single-use,...

Remote Monitoring Prompts Postpartum Checkups and Hypertension Tracking

by Bruce Brown | January 27, 2020 | Medical

The incidence of pregnancy-related maternal death in the United States has more than doubled from 7.2 per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 16.9 per 100,000 in 2016. According to NPR and ProPublica, American mothers die of pregnancy-related complications more than in any...

Conference: WIRED Health London

by Alfred Poor | January 27, 2020 | Conferences, Health, Medical

[Editor’s note: We are going to try posting announcements about conferences and other events that are of interest to the digital health tech community at large. I welcome your feedback and suggestions. Are these posts helpful? Would you rather have a separate...