Category: Industry Trends

With the rapid advancement of wearable medical technologies, long-term, dynamic, non-invasive high-precision electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring has emerged as a critical requirement across clinical and civilian healthcare domains in both clinical and civilian applications. However, conventional Ag/AgCl wet electrodes and common flexible dry electrodes suffer from critical limitations, including high electrode-skin interfacial impedance, severe motion artifacts, inadequate biocompatibility, and poor long-term wearing comfort, which severely restrict their practical performance. The performance improvement of ECG electrodes relies on the synergistic realization of low interfacial impedance, strong anti-interference capability, excellent biocompatibility, and satisfactory long-term wearability. Biomimetic design provides a pivotal strategy for addressing the incompatibilities at the electrode-skin interface and breaking through the performance bottlenecks of traditional electrodes. This paper systematically reviews the fundamental theories and key design principles of biomimetic ECG electrodes, and elaborates the biomimetic prototypes, design mechanisms, and typical application cases from five core perspectives: structural biomimetics, interfacial biomimetics, mechanical biomimetics, functional biomimetics, and material biomimetics. Furthermore, the application progress of biomimetic electrodes in civil wearable devices, clinical monitoring, and special scenarios is summarized, together with an analysis of the current industrialization layout and patent status. Finally, future development trends are prospected, including multi-dimensional synergistic biomimetics, intelligent biomimetics, green biomimetics, clinical-grade biomimetics, and low-cost scalable fabrication. This review supplies systematic theoretical underpinnings and practical guidance for the design optimization, performance enhancement, and industrial application of biomimetic ECG electrodes, and is of great significance for promoting the evolution of ECG monitoring toward high precision, long-term operation, and convenient utilization.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42590774/

 

Background: As an established driver of hypertension, obstructive sleep pane (OSA) generates a significant cardiovascular burden when both disorders are present. This intersection not only compromises nocturnal hemodynamic but also hampers long-term clinical management. Yet, current health care delivery rarely integrates the simultaneous and continuous tracking of these dual burdens. While wearable technology provides a noninvasive, pragmatic toolset for synchronized physiological monitoring, research remains largely siloed within single-disease frameworks. Consequently, clinical evidence supporting wearable applications specifically for comorbid populations remains sparse.

Objective: In this scoping review, we summarized the current applications of wearable technology for comorbid OSA and hypertension. The analysis primarily outlines device categories, monitored physiological indicators, prevalent clinical scenarios, and existing challenges.

Methods: The search for relevant literature spanned PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and IEEE Xplore, covering the period from January 2015 to February 2026. Eligible studies included adults and used wearable or portable technologies to objectively track sleep- or respiratory-related indicators and cardiovascular/blood pressure metrics. Study selection, data charting, and evidence synthesis were conducted using a 2-reviewer process and descriptive and narrative approaches.

Results: Our initial search yielded 739 records. Following title and abstract screening, we reviewed 54 full texts, ultimately finalizing a cohort of 13 eligible studies. Published between 2015 and 2026 across 9 countries, these articles capture data from 5596 participants. Most were observational studies and device validation studies. Evaluated device types included wrist-worn devices, fingertip contact devices, patch and single-lead devices, and multiparameter portable monitoring systems. The clinical applications mainly focused on screening and risk stratification for comorbid OSA and hypertension, monitoring of abnormal nocturnal blood pressure and hemodynamic changes, and cardiovascular risk assessment and remote longitudinal management. However, research remains sparse, and different devices vary greatly in reference standards, diagnostic thresholds, and validation pathways; therefore, their clinical translational value still requires further validation.

Conclusions: Wearable devices may complement traditional assessment by providing continuous nocturnal and longitudinal data. However, at present, they are more suitable as auxiliary monitoring and risk warning tools in comorbidity management and cannot yet replace standard sleep studies or standard blood pressure monitoring. Future research should further shift from feasibility validation to large-sample, prospective, multicentre clinical studies in comorbid populations.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42536974/

 

Arab Health 2025 is the leading healthcare exhibition and congress in the Middle East, bringing together global healthcare professionals, manufacturers, and innovators to showcase cutting-edge medical technologies, products and services. Held in Dubai, this annual event provides a unique platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and exploring the latest advancements in healthcare.

Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders, attend educational seminars, and gain insights into regulatory updates and market trends in the healthcare industry.

 

Intelesens will be located Hall 2, block H30.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

MEDICA is the world’s largest event for the medical sector. For more than 40 years it has been firmly established on every expert’s calendar. There are many reasons why MEDICA is so unique.

The event is the largest medical trade fair in the world – it attracts several thousand exhibitors from more than 50 countries in the halls.

Intelesens will be located Hall 15, block A34.

We look forward to seeing you there!

MEDICA | Trade Fair for Medical Technology & Healthcare – Düsseldorf / Germany (medica-tradefair.com)

This aim of this article is to highlight some current challenges and emerging solutions in wearable sensors. Currently, investigation efforts are aimed at expanding the application scenarios and at translating early developments from basic research to widespread adoption in personal health monitoring for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This translation requires addressing several old and new challenges that are summarized in this article.  The special issue “Emerging technologies in wearable sensors” includes four selected contributions from leading researchers, exploring the topic from different perspectives. The aim is to provide the readers with a solid and timely overall vision of the field and with some recent examples of wearable sensors, exploring new research avenues.

For full article see link below;

Emerging technologies in wearable sensors – PMC (nih.gov)