consumer health wearables

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By  Jessica Hagen 11:37 am March 26, 2025
Cardiometabolic digital diagnostics company Nanowear announced a licensing and data partnership with glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom to integrate glucose data from the Dexcom G7 into its SimpleSense nanotechnology-enabled wearable.  Nanowear offers home-based, AI-enabled digital diagnostics for cardiometabolic health. The company's FDA-cleared SimpleSense wearable reads patient vitals, such...
Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, chief medical officer at Oura
By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am March 20, 2025
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced today the appointment of Dr. Ricky Bloomfield as its first chief medical officer. Prior to this, he served as clinical and health informatics lead at Apple Health, where he oversaw the launch of several features, including Apple's Health Records on the iPhone.  Dr. Bloomfield spoke with MobiHealthNews about his new role, where he will lead the expansion...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:59 pm December 9, 2024
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Cala Health's CEO. Calif.-based Cala Health, the maker of wearable neuromodulation therapy, announced that it has completed the initial closing of an oversubscribed $50 million growth round. Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures coled the round, with participation by all the company's existing investors, including Johnson...
Movano Health's EvieMED Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am December 2, 2024
Wearables maker Movano Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its health monitoring wearable, EvieMED Ring.  EvieMED Ring is a smart ring that combines medical and wellness metrics, including blood oxygen levels, heart rate and metrics related to energy, logging of mood, sleep and activity. The publicly traded company touts that receiving FDA clearance will allow it to pursue...
Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 05:20 pm October 31, 2024
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has agreed to acquire data company Sparta Science, which offers a platform that collects and analyzes health and performance information. Oura will leverage Sparta Science’s Trinsic data platform to expand its B2B offerings. The company says the acquisition will enhance its Oura Teams platform to serve enterprise, healthcare and government customers. ...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:49 pm June 11, 2024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced it is partnering with wearable-maker Movano Health to use its Evie Ring's continuous health-monitoring capabilities to study COVID and chronic Lyme disease.  The ring will be used in MIT's MAESTRO study, which aims to identify biomarkers that indicate which individuals are likely to develop chronic conditions from acute infections. Researchers...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:30 am November 14, 2013
Consumer wearable devices are a growing market. According to a recent report from Berg Insights, the category that includes fitness trackers, smart glasses, and smartwatches will have shipped 64 million units worldwide by the end of 2017, up from 8.3 million in 2012. As the biggest consumer shopping season of the year begins, the fitness tracker arms race is heating up, and the longtime...