by Bruce Brown | April 25, 2022 | Medical
Biobeat’s PPG-based blood pressure monitoring technology continues to add value for remote patient monitoring (RPM) and home health applications. The FDA recently gave Biobeat 510(K) clearance for the company’s technology to monitor respiratory rate and...
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by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2022 | Medical
We’ve covered several wearables that use photoplethysmography (PPG) technology for monitoring hypertension, most recently Biobeat’s 24BP Kit. PPG devices emit light at different wavelengths and employ optical sensors to gather biometric data. This can...
by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2021 | Health
We’ve covered health and wellness components and products from Withings since 2014 when we wrote about Glooko glucose tracking software and Withings wearable fitness devices. Withings introduced the ScanWatch hybrid health tech wearable smartwatch at CES 2020....
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by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2020 | General News, Medical
We frequently write about technology components in health and medicine, including enabling technologies that support other devices or platforms. Biometrics sensors used with artificial intelligence machine learning crop up increasingly in studies that demonstrate...
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by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2020 | Health
Fitness trackers have evolved far beyond just counting steps. Last fall, market leader Fitbit announced CE approval to use the FibriCheck heart rhythm tracking app to monitor and share the measurements with physicians. Readings from the FibriCheck application with the...
