Smart Band-Aid
In the last few years of doing research for medical companies, I’ve been amazed how many medical electronic and wireless monitoring devices are coming out It seems almost daily that there’s some new monitor, expected to blow the doors off the industry with wireless insulin monitoring or remote EEG capabilities. The problem is that very few have more than one function, and many are bulky and require the users to not get the device wet and charge it frequently.
So, while this is a very crowded market, this particular device seems a bit stronger than much of its competition. It is small and unobtrusive (the size and shape of a band-aid), provides multiple sensing capabilities, and sends the data without requiring the patient to carry a purse-sized battery pack or plug into a phone line for 15 minutes.
