Apple patent could point to "smart clothing" that measures health dataAccording to reports, it could improve ECG readings
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An Apple patent has revealed how smart clothing could be used to measure health vitals
The patent was published Thursday by USPTO.
The patent covers circuitry within clothing including sensors that could measure health vitals such as ECG, blood pressure, respiration and more.
An Apple patent published yesterday, and reported on by Patently Apple could potentially signal that Apple is working on ways to include integrated circuitry in clothing that could measure health data. Specifically, it covers the idea of a stretchable band integrated into the fabric of a garment for monitoring of health data.
The patent is titled "Fabric-Based Items With Stretchable Bands" and the abstract states:
A fabric-based item may be provide with a stretchable band. The stretchable band may be formed from a ring-shaped strip of stretchable fabric having an opening configured to fit around a body part of a user. Circuitry may ...
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Apple patent could point to "smart clothing" that measures health data
