Table 4 Examples of wearable technology companies with products applicable towards monitoring heart rate and muscle oxygen saturation
From: Wearable sensors for monitoring the internal and external workload of the athlete
Company | Sampling of products | Product type | Product functionality | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Round Athletics | EnergyDNAâ„¢ | Body suit | Converts heat to IR which expands blood vessels for greater blood flow | Los Angeles, CA |
Athos | Athos Wearables | Vest and pant | Muscle activity and heart signals via EMG | San Francisco, CA |
Hexo Skin | Astroskin, Smart Kit | Sleeve | Cardiac frequency, respiratory rate and volume, sleep, acceleration | Montreal, Canada |
San Francisco, CA | ||||
Huawei | Honor Band A1 | Watch | Cardio-respiratory fitness | Shenzen, China |
Humon | Hex | Device unit | Non-invasive measurement of O2 content in muscles | Boston, MA |
Komodo Technologies Inc. | AIO Smart Sleeve | Sleeve | ECG, heart rate, sleep analysis | Winnipeg, Canada |
Kymira | Kymira Sports | T-Shirt | Smart garments for cardiac monitoring to prevent heart attacks in athletes | Reading, United Kingdom |
LifeBeam | LifeBeam baseball cap | SmartHat | Embedded sensors measure heart rate and calories | New York, NY |
MC10 | BioStamp RC™, BioStamp nPoint®, Kintinuum | Epidermal sensor | BioStamp RC™: activity, cardiac activity, EMG, and posture | Boston, MA |
BioStamp nPoint®: activity, posture EMG, and sleep metric, vital signs | ||||
Kintinuum: quantify treatment efficacy | ||||
Myovolt | Myovolt | Sleeve | EMG to increase circulation, boost muscle power | Hong Kong, China |
Rotex Technologies | roMage, roSport, roCare, roFashion | Electronic tattoo | roMage: brain and muscle control, gesture recognition | Austin, TX |
roSport: blood O2 saturation, heart rate, skin hydration | ||||
roCare: blood pressure, ECG, respiration, skin hydration, temperature | ||||
roFashion: glows on skin (fashion purposes) | ||||
Spire | Spire | Device unit | Measures respiration to quantify and detect stress, calorie tracking, pedometer | San Francisco, CA |
Withings | Steel HR, Activité, Go, Pulse O2 | Bands | Heart rate, distances, email, text messages, phone | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
Xiaomi | Mi Band | Band | Time, pedometer, heart rate | Beijing, China |
Xmetrics | Xmetrics Pro, Xmetrics Fit | Device unit | Calories, strokes taken, laps swam, pace | Milan, Italy |
