Med-Tech Innovation September 21, 2023
Marc Taub, PhD, divisional vice president of technical operations for Abbott’s diabetes care business, shares his thoughts on the use and potential of biowearables, the latest evolution of health technology.
Wearables – smart devices like watches, bracelets and rings – have become ubiquitous, with almost a third (31%) of all UK consumers owning and using a wearable device daily, according to research from YouGov. Wearables typically sit on top of the skin, and measure what health data they can, but we’re now moving into the latest evolution of healthtech, known as biowearables. Biowearables go a step further, continuously measuring biomarkers inside the body in real-time.
By tracking the body’s internal biomarkers – things like glucose, ketones, or lactate – a...
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