May 30, 2018

FDA OKs Smart Watch for Epilepsy Patients — Embrace device detects grand mal, tonic-clonic seizures

May 30, 2018/ Ben Lippincott

The FDA cleared marketing for Embrace, a smart watch that helps epilepsy patients and caregivers monitor seizures.

June 30, 2016

Feds take another step toward approving wireless body sensors

June 30, 2016/ Ben Lippincott

U.S. healthcare facilities are getting closer to making Medical Body Area Networks a reality. A new website has been launched so hospitals can formally register their deployments of MBANs, which support wireless patient monitoring to transmit patient health data over a short range at low power levels.

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