At a virtual event today, Apple unveiled the newest iteration of its wearable, the Apple Watch Series 9, which will allow users to access and log their healthcare data and control the Watch using their index finger and thumb via blood flow sensors.
With new features, users can access their health data through Siri health queries, including asking Siri how much they slept the previous night or...
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it was awarded a U.S. patent for a learning system technology that adjusts training and treatment protocols according to a patient's biometric and motion data.
XRHealth's platform allows patients on the autism spectrum and those with stress, anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and neurological conditions to connect with a provider via...
Apple revealed the latest update of its Watch wearables at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 on Monday. The Apple watchOS 10 will include new mental health, vision health and fitness tools.
The watchOS 10 will allow users to log their emotions and daily moods via the Mindfulness app. Users will be able to turn the Digital Crown to select a shape to describe and track their feelings....
h2o Therapeutics, a digital health company that develops AI, augmented reality and mobile-based therapeutics, is partnering with global healthcare company AmerisourceBergen to commercialize its Parkinson's disease-focused offering dubbed Parky.
Parky, which received 510(k) clearance last year, is a prescription mobile app that utilizes the Apple Watch to monitor an individual's Parkinson's...
Grocery chain Albertsons Companies' digital health and wellness platform Sincerely Health announced a program that will allow consumers to share data from their Apple Watches or iPhones to earn rewards points.
Sincerely Health provides users access to health-related resources and guidance for establishing mental and general wellbeing goals. The platform also offers an online pharmacy where...
Digital health technology company NeuroRPM has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI-enabled remote monitoring app that utilizes an Apple Watch to track common Parkinson's symptoms such as bradykinesia, tremor and dyskinesia.
Bradykinesia is slowness of movement, and dyskinesia is involuntary or erratic movements.
The Washington D.C.-based company's algorithms are embedded in the Apple Watch...
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Thursday that Apple Watches with ECG functionality violate two AliveCor patents, but the agency put an import ban on hold.
The ITC issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting further imports and a cease and desist order against Apple. It also set a bond of $2 per unit imported or sold during the Presidential review period. However, enforcement of...
Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional comment from AliveCor.
Apple notched a win against AliveCor, a medical device company that makes personal ECGs, in a long-running battle over wearable heart-monitoring technology.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined on Tuesday that three AliveCor patents regarding the detection of heart...
Late last month, Northwestern University and Johns Hopkins University announced they had received about $37 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study a new approach to stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm.
The funds will support the Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion (REACT-AF) trial, a seven-year study that will provide...
Apple revealed the latest iterations of its Watch wearables Wednesday, including new temperature-sensing capabilities to track ovulation and car crash detection.
The Apple Watch Series 8, which will retail starting at $399, includes two temperature sensors, one near the skin on the back of the device and one under the front display. Apple said that these sensors can reduce bias from the...
