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Heart, DNA and ECG

Smartcardia’s ECG patch gains FDA nod for outpatient cardiac telemetry

Nov. 18, 2024
By Shani Alexander
Smartcardia SA received U.S. FDA clearance for mobile outpatient cardiac telemetry for its seven-lead live ECG monitoring patch and cloud platform. With the approval, the solution can now be used for remote live monitoring of a patient’s ECG and immediately notify clinicians in cases of arrhythmias.
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QD-OLED

Researchers pen novel QD-OLED tech for wearable electroceuticals

Nov. 8, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
South Korean researchers developed a novel quantum dot and parallel-stacked organic light-emitting diode (QD-PSOLED)-based wearable patch capable of being “freely tunable” in real-time, and described as a flexible and commercial-level technology with wide applications for health care wearables.
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Masimo partners with Google, Qualcomm on Wear OS reference platform

Sep. 16, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Days ahead of its contentious annual shareholders’ meeting slated for Sept. 19, Masimo Corp. established partnerships with two big players – Google LLC and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. – to significantly expand and support the ecosystem for Wear OS smartwatches by developing a next-generation smartwatch reference platform for original equipment manufacturers.
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Wearable acoustic patch developed for transdermal drug delivery

July 23, 2024
By Simon Kerton
A team of researchers from the University of Northumbria filed for protection of a flexible transdermal patch taht uses surface acoustic wave  technology they believe offers distinct advantages over traditional transdermal patches.
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FDA advisory panel sees benefit in ocular negative pressure therapy

April 1, 2024
By Mark McCarty
The notion of using vacuum pressure on the anterior portion of the human eye as a treatment for open-angle glaucoma might be a clinical novelty, but Balance Ophthalmics Inc. is poised to change that. The company recently won a favorable outcome at a U.S. FDA advisory panel for its Fsyx negative pressure pump for ocular use, although the company is likely to have to drum up a large body of data in post-approval studies, assuming the FDA gives the Fsyx the nod.
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Masimo

Sound decision: Masimo to split off consumer business

March 25, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Less than two years after acquiring Sound United for $1.025 billion, Masimo Corp. plans to hive off the consumer audio subsidiary along with consumer health products such as its Stork baby monitor and Freedom smart watch and band. The “rushed” announcement made Friday “came after being informed that Politan intended to nominate directors this week,” said activist investor Politan Capital Management. Politan, which owns 8.9% of the company, secured two board seats in a highly contentious proxy battle last year and nominated two more on Monday morning.
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Ultrahuman Ring

Ultrahuman raises $35M to accelerate growth

March 25, 2024
By Shani Alexander
Ultrahuman Healthcare Private Ltd. recently raised $35 million in a series B investment round to accelerate the company’s growth. Ultrahuman has developed several products, most notably a smart ring, which measures a range of physiological signals to impact health and wellbeing.
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SkyLabs CART wearable BP ring

More data supports ‘world’s first’ wearable ring for BP monitoring

Feb. 15, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Sky Labs reported it has more comparative study data to back its ring-type medical device for blood pressure (BP) called CART BP, which CEO Jack Lee noted has the potential to “replace existing blood pressure monitors.” Sky
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Masimo MightySat pulse ox

FDA hands Masimo first clearance for medical-grade OTC pulse ox

Feb. 13, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Masimo Corp. received a pinch of good news with the U.S. FDA’s clearance of its medical-grade fingertip pulse oximeter, Mightysat Medical, for over-the-counter (OTC) sale. The device uses the same technology as Masimo’s Set pulse oximetry used in hospitals and clinics.
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Illustration of Alzheimer’s in the brain.

Eisai wearable enables early Alzheimer’s disease screening

Jan. 9, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Eisai Co. Ltd. and Oita University in Oita Prefecture, Japan, developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning model to predict amyloid beta accumulation in the brain using a wristband sensor. The model, which collects biological and lifestyle data from daily life, is expected to enable screening for brain amyloid beta accumulation to identify those at risk for Alzheimer's disease, particularly because amyloid beta begins to accumulate in the brain about 20 years before the onset of the disease.
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