Cuffless BP Monitor
Neuchatel, in the mountains of western Switzerland, has been a center for precision manufacturing for over 200 years. The Swiss watchmaking school is there, and it is home for several luxury watch brands. So, with that much engineering in the “air,” it’s not surprising that a company named Aktiia has developed a cuffless blood pressure monitor that’s worn like a watch and reads out on a smartphone. It works by analyzing “pulse wave velocities and reflections to measure blood pressures. The device is initially calibrated once to readings from a traditional inflating-cuff blood pressure monitor, then optically measures blood pressures of the wearer at regular intervals. It could greatly improve the comfort and frequency of monitoring patients with high blood pressures.” This piece, however, doesn’t say how long the device’s battery lasts—i.e. is it capable of recording continuously during eight hours of sleep. MORE
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