Wristwatch Helps With Supervision of Elderly Patients

Posted on August 4, 2006

A company named Exmocare has launched a web-based bluetooth-enabled biosensor wristwatch service. The service is aimed at helping with medical supervision of the elderly. The services includes a wristwatch that monitors its wearer's pulse, heart rate variability, skin conductance and activity level via a built in accelerometer.

Exmocare says the wristwatch can also provides rudimentary assessments of up to 10 different emotional states, including when its elderly wearer is relaxed, upbeat, worried, agitated, etc. The wristwatch can be used to send alerts to families and/or health care providers using SMS, email and/or instant messenger.

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