Wearables

Health Monitors & Activity Trackers

Learn about the technologies supporting today's best wearable health monitor devices and activity trackers.

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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Going into 2022, remote monitoring, wearables, sensors, and other "mHealth" products are taking center stage.
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R&D: Wearables
Skin-sensing wearables coat copper nanowires with graphene oxide.
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Global Innovations: Wearables
A needle-free technology allows people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle into their fingertips.
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Features: IoMT
The company’s key markets include cardiovascular, medical-surgical, neuroscience, and diabetes.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fiber.
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From the Editor: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The connected healthcare market is growing at a robust rate, according to a report from Verified Market Research.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A new process turns clothing fabric into biosensors that measure a muscle’s electrical activity as it is worn. The researchers devised a method of taking ordinary textile made of a...

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INSIDER: Wearables

A sweat-collecting patch has been developed using the principle based on how the cactus spines attract water. The skin-attachable patch quickly collects sweat by mimicking the principle...

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From the Editor: Wearables
A new report from research firm Evaluate gives the medtech industry a fair grade for its performance in 2021.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The candy was used as an electrode to detect salt and electrolyte levels in saliva.
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News: Wearables

The inaugural virtual Medical Wearables for Biosensors Conference convenes on October 25–26, 2021. The virtual conference...

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News: Medical

The inaugural virtual Medical Wearables for Biosensors conference convenes on October 25–26, 2021 with online access only. This event will explore...

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Technology Leaders: Medical
Glucometer designs available on the market today are costly, large, and power inefficient. See how GreenPAK offers an upgrade.
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Features: Wearables
See what's happening at the Designing Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference.
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R&D: Materials
To make ultraviolet (UV)-detecting wearables, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Features: Wearables
Advances in hose and tubing manufacturing techniques are supporting new miniaturized devices and wearables.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
MD&M West brings together medtech engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers to create life-changing medical devices.
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R&D: Wearables
The fabric-fiber has digital capabilities to collect, store, and analyze data using a neural network.
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INSIDER: Energy

A wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. Engineers have developed a thin, flexible strip that can be worn on a fingertip and...

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INSIDER: Wearables

When positioned strategically, garment seams sewn with conductive yarn can be used to accurately track body motion, according to computer scientists. Best of all, these charged seams are...

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
UC San Diego engineers wants to know: How do different parts of the brain communicate with each other during learning and memory formation?
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From the Editor: Medical
Malnati says COVID-19 has led to a wider variety of remote monitoring technology — from wearables to new smartphone apps.
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Briefs: Wearables
The single-chip system is a complete functioning electronic circuit.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Worn on the fingertips like a thimble, the wearable helps reduce postural sway.
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Briefs: Wearables
The strain-sensing sheet detects disorders in real time.
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Supplements: Robotics, Automation & Control
Our 2021 Resource Guide shows you the top manufacturers in materials, manufacturing, and a range of other medical-device categories.
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Features: Test & Measurement
Many new companies entering the market are planning a diagnostic roadmap of capabilities beyond their entry point of COVID-19 testing.
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Briefs: Energy
The wireless patches power themselves with harvested energy.
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Ask the Expert

Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Developing a Package Performance Testing Plan
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To find out more about the expertise required to develop a testing plan for package performance testing, MDB recently spoke with Sunny Modi, Director of Package Testing for Eurofins Medical Device Testing in Lancaster, PA.

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