CES, which takes place Jan. 8-11, is one of the largest consumer technology conferences worldwide. Each year the conference selects honorees in various categories — including accessibility, fitness and wearables — as part of its CES Innovation Awards program, which “celebrates outstanding product design and engineering in brand-new consumer technology products.”
Here are 17 of the healthcare-related honorees, listed in alphabetical order by developer:
1. BrainCo: BrainRobotics, a smart prosthetic hand
2. Genius Holdings: ezOxygen, a smart breath checker
3. Healbe: GoBe2 Nutritionist Cabinet, a health and wellness monitoring wristband
4. Healsy: A personalized glycemia predictive system that uses artificial intelligence
5. Koovea: K-Hub, a smart temperature-tracking device for sensitive products, such as medicines and organs
6. Leeo: Ping, a wall-based sensor that support independent living for aging populations
7. L’Oréal and Epicore Biosystems: My Skin Track pH, a wearable sensor that measures the pH levels of a user’s skin
8. Migu: Migu Smart Scale, a smart weight scale that measures a user’s heart rate and cardiac index
9. Muse: Muse 2, a brain-sensing headband that monitors a wearer’s heart, breathing and body movement
10. Optima Molliter: Motus Smart, a wearable foot device that monitors diabetes patients’ compliance with clinicians’ offloading protocol
11. Owlet Baby Care: Owlet Band, a wearable stomach device that helps pregnant women track the health of an unborn child
12. Pillo Health: Pillo Health Companion, an in-home smart health assistant
13. Quell: Quell 2.0, a wearable pain relief device for users with chronic pain
14. R-LAAB SAS: Monfoxy, a wearable device that helps new parents minimize the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
15. Taiwan Main Orthopeadic Biotechnology: Caduceus, a pair of smart glasses for surgeons
16. Triple W: DFree, a wearable device for seniors with incontinence
17. Withings: BPM Core, a blood-pressure monitor, electrocardiogram and digital stethoscope
To access the full list of award recipients, click here.
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