Staying Safe and Healthy – These Wearables Will Help

Eating clean, exercising often and getting regular sleep is for sure the most basic and natural way to stay healthy. But why not getting on the next level with supporting wearable technology?! Also personal safety is a big topic in the wearables industry. The following companies provide stunning healthcare, wellness and safety solutions guiding you in your everyday life. At our WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 25-26 you get the chance to discover their technology and meet them in person.

ADAMM is a wearable technology by Health Care Originals that helps understand and monitor your asthma more easily. It is a three-part solution: a wearable to detect precursor symptoms of asthma, a smartphone app for the management plan basics and a web portal to detect the treatment efficacy. 300 Million people globally who have asthma can benefit from this wearable. The device and the app will be able to alert you when you experiencing an asthma situation, journaling, treatment plans, displays, and the tracking and information on the treating of symptoms. Health Care Originals is a leading digital health startup, integrating IoT technologies to empower everyone through improved understanding and management of their health and medical conditions. With ADAMM they have won the WT | Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup 2015/16 in the category of Healthcare & Wellness.

Heart attacks and arrhythmias can happen in at least expected places – that is why lifesaving care demands constant monitoring of crucial vital signs, not only in intensive care units. HealthWatch, a pioneer in harnessing textile technology, developed the MasterCaution®, the first and only 3-12 lead ECG smart digital garment that is CE/FDA-Cleared. This is a non-lifestyle changing disruptive technology, based on wearable textile-electrodes and heart-sensing sensors and technologies, providing accurate digital health diagnostic services including mobile cardiac telemetry, patient monitoring tele-health services and other services that allow for in-home medical services.

Another device that can save your life is the heart monitoring smartwatch of iBeat. Equipped with medical-grad sensors the smartwatch continually monitors users’ 24-7 heart activity. In the case of a life-threatening emergency, iBeat will instantly alert the user, their loved ones, emergency responders, and their Heart Hero network in real-time, helping ensure immediate care delivery and potentially saving the user’s life. Almost 600,000 people suffer from sudden heart stoppages every year. iBeat is a technology company empowering people to be fearless, explore, and live longer lifes.

InBody is the global leader in body composition. Using direct segmental multifrequency BIA technology with InBody’s patented voltage thumb electrodes, InBody devices represent the best in body composition analysis. In 60 seconds or less, InBody’s devices can determine your body fat percentage, total body water, skeletal muscle mass, BMR, and more.

Bladder control is a common issue after having children. To help everyday women manage this issue, LifeSense developed Carin, a line of hi-tech, absorbent, and beautiful underwear allowing women to monitor urine loss throughout the day. Fitted with a sensor and accompanied by an app and exercise plan, Carin empowers women to take control of their bodies and health without sacrificing style and comfort. Lifesense brings design and tech together to revolutionize healthcare. With wearable technology we empower people to understand and work on their health independently. Carin has won the WT | Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup 2016/17 in the category of Healthcare & Wellness.

In a bad situation, it is difficult to use a mobile phone for calling help. Wearsafe is a safety service designed to connect and protect your staff – on the road, at the office, or in the shop, you can back them up wherever you want. During an accident, incident, or crisis, Wearsafe will instantly give their selected network all the information and tools needed to send the right help, right away. Wearsafe.help makes sharing critical information with security and emergency responders easy. Combining alert management, dispatch aid, and incident reporting in a web-based central console, the device enables improved situational awareness and faster response times. Wearsafe is a great way to care for your most valuable asset, your employees.

We will introduce more interesting exhibitors of our upcoming conference in San Francisco soon – stay tuned!

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Ramona Socher
Ramona Socher is Online Editor at WT | Wearable Technologies