Devices & Diagnostics

Continuous monitoring device aims for increased user comfort

A new, continuous patient-monitoring device captures vital sign data via sensors embedded inside a soft […]

A new, continuous patient-monitoring device captures vital sign data via sensors embedded inside a soft and seamless fabric that’s worn around the torso.

San Diego-based Vivonoetics has introduced the EQ02 Equivital Life Monitor, which is designed for a wide range of applications, including use by hospital patients, subjects of pharmaceutical studies, athletes and military personnel.

The device’s sensors monitor a patient’s heart and respiratory rates, skin temperature, oxygen saturation, body position and motion. That data can then be transmitted to the cloud via smartphone or computer for analysis by the company’s software.

Among the device’s key advantages is that it’s made of “novel textiles” and can be worn comfortably for extended periods during strenuous activity, CEO Lance Myers said in an interview at the American Telemedicine Association‘s 2012 annual conference.

The device has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Myers discusses the monitoring device in the video below.

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