Hexoskin Smart Shirt Accurately Measures Breathing, Could be Useful for Monitoring COPD
A smart shirt, developed by Canadian startup Hexoskin, can accurately measure lung function when compared to traditional testing equipment, according to a research presented...
Current Health Partners with VivaLNK and MIR to Improve Remote Patient Monitoring
Current Health, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based wearable patient monitoring platform, partnered up with VivaLNK and MIR to add axillary temperature and spirometry measurement capabilities to...
Fitbit and Health2Synch Partner Up for Diabetes Management
Fitbit and Taiwan-based Health2Sync are collaborating to provide diabetics with a more holistic view of their health and help them make healthy lifestyle choices...
Swedish Startup Flow Launches Mental Health Chatbot to Combat Depression
Flow, a Malmo, Sweden-based medical therapy startup, released a chatbot therapist to treat people suffering from depression. In June, the company launched its brain...
ABBOTT’s Proclaim XR Spinal Cord Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for Chronic Pain Management
Abbott won FDA approval for its Proclaim XR recharge-free neurostimulation system for people living with chronic pain. The neurostimulator can treat chronic pain for...
Artificial Skin Could Enhance Sense of Touch and Provide Real-Time Haptic Feedback
Scientists at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a soft artificial skin that can sense touch while providing real-time...