Health Tech Firm Readies Health-Focused Smart Ring for CES Debut

Health technology company Movano announced a smart ring it plans to debut at CES that provides health metrics and personalized feedback for women. Due for a beta release in second half 2022, the ring measures heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep, respiration, temperature, blood oxygen, steps and calories, Movano said Monday. It’s designed to help users make connections between cause and effect and understand the correlation between how they feel and health areas including activity and sleep. The company is doing clinical trials with its proprietary, RF-enabled technology and developing algorithms to add medical data, including glucose monitoring and cuffless blood pressure, to its core product in the future. It also hopes to secure Food and Drug Administration clearances on the ring’s vital signs and monitoring capabilities including heart rate, oxygen saturation level and respiration rate.