Movano Ring

2021: Device announcement

At the end of December 2021, Movano introduced the Movano Ring smart ring, which is designed to help people track chronic diseases at an affordable price and better understand their data.

Movano Ring will measure all major metrics including heart rate, heart rate variability (SMR), sleep, breathing, temperature, blood oxygen levels, steps and burned calories. However, instead of a dump of raw data, Movano said, it will help determine how indicators relate to each other and "adopt a more proactive approach to reducing the risks of chronic diseases." For example, the Movano app can tell you how exercise habits affect sleep patterns or SMR over time.

Movano Ring

Movano CEO John Mastrototaro says that the product design was designed more to suit women's preferences, emphasizing the elegance of the device, which makes it look thin and smooth. The Movano ring will appear on the market in the second half of 2022, after release it will be only in the beta testing stage. The manufacturer does not disclose the cost of the device, but promises to release a budget device.

According to Mastrototaro, one of the main differences from other rings will be the approval of the FDA device. They ultimately hope to get a Class II FDA designation and add medical features such as noninvasive glucose monitoring and cuff-free blood pressure, he said. The company is conducting clinical trials of its radio frequency-enabled technologies and algorithms, as well as accuracy studies, to obtain FDA approval to monitor heart rate, SpO2, and respiratory rate.

We focus on both the medical and consumer focus - the intersection of these two areas as opposed to one or the other. We want to have the appearance, feel and accessibility of a consumer device with the accuracy and reliability of a medical device, "said Mastrototaro.[1]

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