New Material Enables BP Watch
September 3, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
A Swiss company, STBL Medical Research AG (Freienbach, CH) has developed a watch-like device that detects blood pressure, using a piezo-resistive wire embedded in a spandex strap. While the accuracy of the BP reading is more than 70%, this may not be sufficient for daytime activity tracking, though it could be especially helpful in recording BP during sleep which could provide better data for interpreting hypertension. MORE
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