MedTech Dive September 20, 2021
Soaring demand for wearables has created a market saturated with the things—prompting an 18.1 percent year-over-year growth worldwide, according to Gartner. Much of that activity, Gartner reports, is driven by health tech, as more people watch their wellness from home amid COVID-19.
Despite the momentum, consumers haven’t yet reached the apex of the health wearable adoption curve. Breakout innovations in biometric sensors and miniaturization point to an even bigger boom waiting just around the corner.
As things heat up, new and incumbent companies are eager to capitalize on the trends. But which ones will win?
Industrial design expert Eric Mackey from Delve, a product strategy, design and engineering consultancy that has completed more than 1,000 medical device projects, suggests that...