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San Francisco - A mobile smartphone app is taking the next step in practical technology, by tapping into the health monitoring field with a device that fits over an iPhone 5 and can measure the user's vital signs.
Wello is the first product created by Azoi, a technology start-up founded in San Francisco by Hamish Patel. Its mission is to create easy to use health-related products with sophisticated technologies that integrate seamlessly into users' life. Wello looks like any ordinary black iPhone case, but has an imbedded chip and four sensors — two on the side and two on the back — which allow the user to place index and middle fingers of each hand at comfortable positions and monitor vitals such as heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature, stress levels and even blood oxygen levels. An add-on spirometer (optional, but included at launch) allows users to monitor lung functions.
"We have effectively put health monitoring equipment, typically in large form factors, into a highly convenient and accessible mobile phone case," said Azoi CEO Patel. "All too often, health problems go undetected until they are too late to address. We believe that through improved self-awareness of key vitals, technology could very easily reduce the incidence and impact of a wide range of illnesses and diseases. Not only could this help ensure healthier, happier lives, but it could also ease the growing burden on healthcare services." Although not a clinical device, independent sources have shown the readings to be fairly accurate and more than sufficient for comparison purposes over a time span. The case connects to the iPhone via Bluetooth and displays the information a few seconds after the sensors read it. It naturally has to be recharged, via a proprietary connection and charger the company claims was needed to make the case smaller than if it were to use a standard microUSB connection. If used every day, the Wello battery is reported to hold a charge for two months. The companion app will track changes over time and it can even keep track of several people, so the user can theoretically also track daily changes in family members' vitals. And it will reportedly be able to sync with exercise monitors, though that feature is limited to Fitbit trackers at start-up. Wello will also work with smartphones running Android 4.4 (KitKat), though there aren't cases for the individual phones. The Wello can be pre-ordered online for $199 U.S. ($220 Canadian), with shipments going out in August 2014 to India, and then rolling out to other parts of the world in staggered launches. It is expected to hit the U.S. market in fall 2014, as it needs to meet FDA approval.
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"We have effectively put health monitoring equipment, typically in large form factors, into a highly convenient and accessible mobile phone case," said Azoi CEO Patel. "All too often, health problems go undetected until they are too late to address. We believe that through improved self-awareness of key vitals, technology could very easily reduce the incidence and impact of a wide range of illnesses and diseases. Not only could this help ensure healthier, happier lives, but it could also ease the growing burden on healthcare services." Although not a clinical device, independent sources have shown the readings to be fairly accurate and more than sufficient for comparison purposes over a time span. The case connects to the iPhone via Bluetooth and displays the information a few seconds after the sensors read it. It naturally has to be recharged, via a proprietary connection and charger the company claims was needed to make the case smaller than if it were to use a standard microUSB connection. If used every day, the Wello battery is reported to hold a charge for two months. The companion app will track changes over time and it can even keep track of several people, so the user can theoretically also track daily changes in family members' vitals. And it will reportedly be able to sync with exercise monitors, though that feature is limited to Fitbit trackers at start-up. Wello will also work with smartphones running Android 4.4 (KitKat), though there aren't cases for the individual phones. The Wello can be pre-ordered online for $199 U.S. ($220 Canadian), with shipments going out in August 2014 to India, and then rolling out to other parts of the world in staggered launches. It is expected to hit the U.S. market in fall 2014, as it needs to meet FDA approval.
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