Ava, the Swiss-based medical technology company focused on women’s reproductive health, has raised $30 million in a strategic Series B funding round. According to Ava, the majority of their new financing came […]
Wearable
World’s First Non-invasive Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Wearable Announced
US-based health tech startup, LifePlus Inc. has announced that they have developed the world’s first non-invasive continuous blood glucose monitoring multi-sensor wearable device. According to LifePlus, in addition to blood […]
Wearables are a Lot More Than What Meets the Eye
Wearable technology is more than a fancy arm piece with the ability to count your steps. This is according to Business Development Manager at Apple Premium Reseller, Digicape, Vernon Foxcroft, […]
SmartWearable Continuously Monitors Vital Signs and More
Swiss medical device company SmartCardia SA, a spin-off from research institute and university EPFL, has developed a cordless wearable medical multi-sensor monitoring system that when applied to the patient’s chest can […]
Fitbit Introduces Health Partner Apps
Global wearables brand, Fitbit has introduced new health apps and clock faces for their smartwatches, Fitbit Ionic and Fitbit Versa. Built using Fitbit’s software development kit (SDK), the apps and clock […]
Fitbit Expands Product Line to Include Women’s and Children’s Health
Fitbit, a leading activity wearable developer, has announced the release of two new products that cater specifically to women’s and children’s health. Coinciding with the announcement of their new Fitbit […]
Seizure Wearable Gets FDA Clearance
MIT Media Lab spin-off, Empatica Inc., has received medical device clearance from the US Food and Drug Association (FDA) for Embrace, its smart watch for Epilepsy Management. Embrace uses machine learning […]
New Invention Seeks to Redesign Baby Health Monitors
Physicists at the University of Sussex in the UK have developed new wearable technology that allows the wireless monitoring of a baby’s health. The team, led by Professor Alan Dalton from […]
Tiny Wearable Monitors UV Exposure
A team of engineers at Northwestern University in the US have collaborated with global beauty company, L’Oréal, to create a tiny wearable device that can precisely measure harmful UV rays […]
Omron Unveils Blood Pressure Wearable
Omron Healthcare, a global manufacturer of blood pressure monitors, has unveiled the first-of-its-kind wearable that is capable of giving an accurate blood pressure reading which can then be shared with […]
Electronic Skin Wearable Gets More Personal
An international team of engineers have developed a discreet wearable that measures a number of health metrics when stuck to human skin. The electronic skin microsystem tracks health data on […]
New Wearable Monitors Dehydration in Children
Researchers at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) in Switzerland have developed a wearable, called Accurate Model for Bio-Composition Analysis (AMBICA), which can indicate a child’s level of […]