blood pressure

Image of Withings BPM Pro 2 device
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:32 pm October 21, 2024
Remote patient monitoring company, Withings Health Solutions, a division of Withings, announced the release of BPM Pro 2, a cellular blood pressure monitor. The blood pressure monitor includes a Patient Insights feature that aims to simplify clinical workflows by collecting critical data via the device, including symptoms and medication adherence. Additionally, care teams have the capability to...
Sky Labs' CART BP ring-type blood pressure monitor
By  Adam Ang 12:22 am October 17, 2023
South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has raised 20.7 billion won ($15.3 million) in a Series C funding round led by the government-run Korea Development Bank.  K2 Investment Partners, Devsisters Ventures, SJG Partners, and OpenWater Investment also joined the investing round.  This brings its total investment to 54.8 billion won ($40.5 million). It last raised $20 million in a Series B round...
A medical visit
By  Emily Olsen 03:48 pm July 7, 2022
LiveMetric announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its watch-like blood pressure monitor, LiveOne. The cuffless device uses a sensor array placed over the radial artery to produce a pressure waveform. The waveform is then analyzed by an algorithm to determine systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate. According to the FDA's 510(k) database, LiveOne is intended to be used in...
CardieX CONNEQT Pulse dual blood pressure and arterial health monitor and CONNEQT consumer app
By  Adam Ang 01:05 am July 1, 2022
CardieX files 510(k) for dual blood pressure, arterial health monitor Australia-listed health tech firm CardieX has filed a 510(k) premarket submission with the US Food and Drug Administration for its dual blood pressure and arterial health monitor. Called the CONNEQT Pulse, the health monitor features CardieX's FDA-cleared SphygmoCor technology which measures central blood pressure to obtain...
Amrita Spandanam featuring a finger clip and a mobile app showing vital parameter measurements
By  Adam Ang 03:56 am March 2, 2022
Amrita University, a private university in India, has launched a wearable health monitoring device for home use.  WHAT IT DOES Developed by Amrita's Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita Spandanam is a wearable device that uses a finger clip to measure six body parameters: blood glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, and 6-lead ECG. According to a...
Aktiia
By  Laura Lovett 11:42 am November 2, 2021
Continuous blood pressure monitoring wearable system Aktiia landed $17.5 million in Series A funding this morning. Draper Esprit led the round with participation from 415 Capital, Redalpine Venture Partners and Verve Capital, and Translink Capital. This news comes roughly a year after the Swiss-based startup announced a $6.1 million funding round led by Redalpine. As of today, the company has...
An older man looking at a smartphone
By  Emily Olsen 12:53 pm October 28, 2021
A digital self-management program using an app and a connected monitor could help lower blood pressure and maintain those improvements long-term, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study used Hello Heart devices, and was funded by the company. Two of the study’s authors were also Hello Heart employees. TOP-LINE DATA After one year, researchers found median systolic blood...
Vital Stream
By  Laura Lovett 02:39 pm September 29, 2021
This morning Caretaker Medical landed FDA clearance for its blood pressure and hemodynamic patient monitoring system VitalStream.  The tool uses a low-pressure finger sensor and wrist-worn device to monitor a patient’s blood pressure noninvasively and continuously. Using artificial intelligence to capture blood pressure and hemodynamic parameters, the tool is able to conduct “spot-check”...
By  Laura Lovett 02:55 pm May 26, 2020
Samsung is the latest wearable company to enter the ECG monitoring space, following an announcement on Sunday that the function on its Health Monitoring app got the greenlight from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.  This means that Galaxy Watch Active2 users in South Korea will be able to use the tool to detect any heart rhythm irregularities, which could be linked to AFib.  It’s no...
By  Laura Lovett 03:52 pm October 7, 2019
Apple’s next health move could be smart clothing. Last year the tech giant filed a patent for a stretchable fabric band that could include circuitry sensors to measure blood pressure, respiration rate and ECG signals.   The patent application, published October 3, describes a fabric-based piece of clothing that would be able to wirelessly communicate with external electronic equipment. While it...