MobiHealth News May 13, 2024
The company’s new offerings will allow users to determine their cardiovascular age and overall cardiovascular health.
Finland-based Oura, the maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it added two heart health monitoring features to its Oura Ring wearable device, Cardiovascular Age (CVA) and Cardio Capacity, which will be available later this month on Oura Ring Gen3 devices for both Android and iOS.
The CVA feature uses data from the device to estimate a user’s cardiovascular age relative to their actual age.
The assessment is based on analyzing age-related patterns within the photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal, which provides insights into arterial stiffness and pulse wave velocity (PWV).
After using the Oura App for at least two weeks, users receive a CVA...