MedTech Dive November 21, 2022
Nick Paul Taylor

Dive Brief:

  • H2o Therapeutics has received 510(k) clearance for an Apple Watch app that monitors Parkinson’s disease symptoms such as tremors and dyskinesia.
  • The smartwatch app uses Apple’s movement disorder API and the inertial sensors of the device to provide insights into patients’ symptoms between visits to their clinicians.
  • Apple validated the technology in a clinical trial, positioning h2o to create an app that enables the sharing of objective Parkinson’s symptom data between patients and medical professionals.

Dive Insight:

Apple laid the foundation for the app last year by publishing the results of a clinical trial of 343 people with Parkinson’s disease. The tech company ran the study to evaluate its Motor fluctuations Monitor for Parkinson’s Disease (MM4PD)...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, FDA, Govt Agencies, Technology, Wearables
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