Myant Inc., a US based company that deals in the design, development and production of smart textiles has lately announced about the development of the world’s first cuffless blood pressure monitoring technology inside its SKIIN textile computing platform.
The SKIIN Textile Computing Platform assimilates innovative sensor and actuator technology into the fabrics that surround us everyday. This includes the state-of -the art smart garment that delivers continuous, cuffless blood pressure monitoring in a comfortable and machine-washable polo shirt.
Moreover the smart shirt eliminates the hassle of regular blood pressure monitoring and has automatic data tracking so as to share data and trends with the clinicians.
In the year 2019, smart textiles provider plans to unveil its SKIIN Smart Underwear for health detection with ECG, HRV, activity sleep and temperature monitoring facilities along with the Smart Shirt with endless blood pressure monitoring. Besides this, the planned additions to the innovative platform include slip and fall detection, driver fatigue, ovulation and a suite of chemical sensing markers.
The output is that smart clothing leads to the user engagement in order to manage health and stay connected for longer and comfortable lives.
“Myant’s vision is to build a new platform for human-computer interaction that helps individuals manage and anticipate their health and wellness 24 hours a day, across all life stages.The addition of cuffless blood pressure monitoring to our SKIIN Textile Computing platform is a major step forward in empowering continuous monitoring in a comfortable garment.” – Tony Chahine, CEO and Founder, Myant Inc.
