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Sports Bras: Wearable Diagnostics
It was unbelievable to see that a new sports bra (that counts heartbeats) is a HOT Holiday item. The bra, transmitter and monitor are available only online from www.NuMetrex.com and cost $115 to $145 as a set. The bra alone is $45. A T-shirt version for men is planned for next year.
No you will not likely find it at Victoria Secret, but you may end up seeing it at your local sporting goods store. The bra, contains a conductive fabric in the chest band, so when it's wet, it picks up the heart's electrical pulse and radios it to a digital readout wristwatch via a tiny transmitter in the bra.
Why I am talking about this bra on my blog it to let you know that although this may seem like revolutionary technology, we have seen it for a while. To date we see that a shirt, made by VivoMetrics of Ventura, Calif., currently is used to monitor patients with sleep apnea. Once Medicare approves home based sleep studies we will likely see these types of wearable diagnostics readily available. Thus you may still need to end up at a sleep lab, but you may be able to at the very least be diagnosed in the comfort of your own home.
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No you will not likely find it at Victoria Secret, but you may end up seeing it at your local sporting goods store. The bra, contains a conductive fabric in the chest band, so when it's wet, it picks up the heart's electrical pulse and radios it to a digital readout wristwatch via a tiny transmitter in the bra.
Why I am talking about this bra on my blog it to let you know that although this may seem like revolutionary technology, we have seen it for a while. To date we see that a shirt, made by VivoMetrics of Ventura, Calif., currently is used to monitor patients with sleep apnea. Once Medicare approves home based sleep studies we will likely see these types of wearable diagnostics readily available. Thus you may still need to end up at a sleep lab, but you may be able to at the very least be diagnosed in the comfort of your own home.
Related Topics: Stress and Sleep, Snoring
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