POSTS TAGGED AS hypertension

Apple’s Patent Application for a Wearable Blood Pressure Device

Apple patent drawing for Aplle watch BP monitor
Two years ago, Apple engineers filed a patent application for a blood pressure monitoring [MORE]

Virtual Visits for Hypertension Care.

Telemedicine consult
Hypertension is the reason for about 39 million doctor’s visits a year in the US.  During a visit, the [MORE]

A Wearable Salt-Ingestion Monitor

Flexible, Wearable Oral Sodium Sensor
This piece describes a project aimed at producing a sensor for measuring ingested salt. For such [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is a [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is [MORE]

Injectable Wireless Neurostimulator

Neurostimulator
Draper Lab (Cambridge, MA) announced late last year that its engineers had developed an injectable neurostimulator, coated with epoxy, which [MORE]

A Smart Watch for Monitoring Blood Pressure

Apple Smart Watch
We have seen “smart” watches before which claim a capability of monitoring blood pressure. Most have gone nowhere, [MORE]

Migraine, Heart Disease, and Hypertension: Three Ailments for the Price of One Gene

Cardiovascular System
Immunologists, among others, know that a single gene mutation can have seemingly unrelated expressions, such as Ataxia telangiectasia presenting [MORE]

A Wearable Watch to Monitor Blood Pressure?

Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
It seems like it ought to be easy—a wearable watch-like device that continuously monitors blood pressure. But [MORE]

Lowering Blood Pressure with a Pacemaker Adjustment

Pacemaker
BackBeat Medical (New Hope, PA) makes a pacemaker that functions with an unusual algorithm. According to the company, their device [MORE]

Using Radar to Monitor BP

Blumio BP
Medical device startup Blumio (Miami Beach, FL) is in the R&D phase of creating a passive, continuous blood pressure [MORE]

Blood Pressure Monitoring Watch

Project Zero Wearable BP Watch
This device is moving in the right direction, but a design that uses a passive technique [MORE]

A Vaccine for Lowering Blood Pressure

BP Measurement
Researchers at Osaka University in Japan have published their results in producing an anti-hypertensive vaccine which targets angiotensin II. [MORE]

Implanted Device for Blood Pressure Control

ROX Medical – the Coupler
In a British clinical trial, ROX Medical (San Clemente, CA) has shown that its “Coupler” device [MORE]