By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Health Works CollectiveHealth Works CollectiveHealth Works Collective
  • Health
    • Mental Health
    Health
    Healthcare organizations are operating on slimmer profit margins than ever. One report in August showed that they are even lower than the beginning of the…
    Show More
    Top News
    learn to recognize and treat yeast infections
    Most Commonly Asked Questions About Yeast Infections
    November 17, 2021
    Advanced lung cancer diagnosis systems used by doctors
    Advanced Lung Cancer Diagnosis Systems Used by Doctors
    March 6, 2022
    The Top Benefits of a Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor Watch
    The Top Benefits of a Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor Watch
    June 13, 2022
    Latest News
    7 Most Common Healthcare Accreditation Programs: Which Should You Use?
    August 20, 2025
    Hospital Pest Control and the Fight Against Superbugs
    August 20, 2025
    Hygiene Beyond The Clinic: Attention To Overlooked Non-Clinical Spaces
    August 13, 2025
    5 Steps to a Promising Career as a Healthcare Administrator
    August 3, 2025
  • Policy and Law
    • Global Healthcare
    • Medical Ethics
    Policy and Law
    Get the latest updates about Insurance policies and Laws in the Healthcare industry for different geographical locations.
    Show More
    Top News
    Inpatient vs. Outpatient Drug Recovery — Which One Works?
    September 28, 2020
    8 Common Questions About Life Insurance Answered
    February 15, 2022
    5 Common Misconceptions About Naturopathic Medicine
    October 24, 2019
    Latest News
    How Social Security Disability Shapes Access to Care and Everyday Health
    August 22, 2025
    How a DUI Lawyer Can Help When Your Future Health Feels Uncertain
    August 22, 2025
    How One Fall Can Lead to a Long Road of Medical Complications
    August 22, 2025
    How IT and Marketing Teams Can Collaborate to Protect Patient Trust
    July 17, 2025
  • Medical Innovations
  • News
  • Wellness
  • Tech
Search
© 2023 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: Open Hardware Body Sensor Platform Is on the Way
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Health Works CollectiveHealth Works Collective
Font ResizerAa
Search
Follow US
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
© 2023 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
Health Works Collective > Technology > Medical Devices > Open Hardware Body Sensor Platform Is on the Way
Medical DevicesMedical InnovationsTechnology

Open Hardware Body Sensor Platform Is on the Way

Deanna Pogorelc
Deanna Pogorelc
Share
3 Min Read
SHARE

health technology

Originally published on MedCityNews.com.

health technology

Originally published on MedCityNews.com.

More Read

Implantable Drug Delivery Systems: Delivering Medication One Dose at a Time
Welcome to the age of the patientpreneur
Medical Advances Aid Fight Against Pollution-Caused Skin Conditions
Asset Management the Siemens Way
SkinPut – A Touchscreen on Your Skin

One man’s heart sensor could be another man’s fitness tracker. The possibilities are many when it comes to the Angel Sensor, a wearable device whose developers have coined it “the first open sensor for health and fitness.”

It’s still in the works, but the vision is for the device to be a wristband that measures pulse, blood oxygen saturation, skin temperature and acceleration. It would deliver that data to a Bluetooth-enabled device.

From there, developers would build software applications for the device. Israel-based Seraphim Sense, the company developing Angel, plans to release its SDK, drivers and app templates as open source.

There are advantages and disadvantages to that model, admitted co-founder Eugene Jorov. “On one side, it makes it more difficult to sell, because exactly what does it do?” he said. “On the other hand, we think that the market is ripe for this kind of technology. One company cannot come up with everything.”

That’s a valid point. Look at the handful of companies like FitBit and Jawbone that have raised millions of dollars and probably used a good portion of it to develop hardware, which at its core seems to be similar across the board of fitness trackers.

The Angel devices leaves out vitals like blood pressure that could be useful for more sophisticated medical use, but Jorov said additional features could come later. “(The market is) still in the low-hanging fruit stage,” he said. “We’ve talked to sports doctors, cardiologists and pediatricians to learn what they want, and combined that with our intuition as developers.”

Jorov, a software engineer whose resume includes time at Sun Microsystems before it was acquired by Oracle, developed the device with engineer Amir Shlomovich.

Since the whole making-sense-of-the-data component is really important for a consumer-oriented device, a lot of Angel’s value will come from independent developers. Jorov said he’s already getting emails and phone calls from some of them, and a crowdfunding campaign set to launch in a few weeks should help get the word out even more. If history repeats itself, that could very well be the case.

Jorov said he hopes the first devices will ship in the spring of 2014.

In the meantime, he isn’t too worried about all of the competition — even Apple’s rumored entrance into the space. “I think this market is big enough for everybody right now.”

TAGGED:Angel Sensorhealth start-ups!
Share This Article
Facebook Copy Link Print
Share

Stay Connected

1.5kFollowersLike
4.5kFollowersFollow
2.8kFollowersPin
136kSubscribersSubscribe

Latest News

engineer fitting prosthetic arm
How Social Security Disability Shapes Access to Care and Everyday Health
Health care
August 20, 2025
a woman explaining the document
How a DUI Lawyer Can Help When Your Future Health Feels Uncertain
Public Health
August 20, 2025
physiotherapist at work
How One Fall Can Lead to a Long Road of Medical Complications
Health care
August 20, 2025
Common Healthcare Accreditation Programs
7 Most Common Healthcare Accreditation Programs: Which Should You Use?
Health News
August 20, 2025

You Might also Like

How Digital Is Transforming Employee Healthcare

November 16, 2015
telemedicine
BusinessMedical InnovationsTechnology

How to Get Health Care Innovations to Take Off

October 20, 2013

Small Is Big: New Vscan Technology May Replace The Stethoscope

April 4, 2011

Deleted

October 5, 2014
Subscribe
Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!
Follow US
© 2008-2025 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?