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Samsung patents a way for smartwatches to measure blood pressure

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Peter 15 February 2018

Samsung Smart wearables

Many smartwatches (even smartbands) can measure your heart rate, but very few can measure blood pressure. That’s because to measure blood pressure, you need a tight-fitting band that presses into your hand uncomfortably.

A patent shows that Samsung may have figured out a way to make the measurement with a light sensor similar to the heart rate sensors. The patent drawings show a watch, called Samsung Gear X (not to be confused with Gear IconX).

The design shown is similar to the original Gear watches and we’re pretty sure it’s just a placeholder (same for the name).

Samsung patents a way for smartwatches to measure blood pressure

The way it works is it shines polarized light and senses the intensity of the scattered light. By the sound of it, this will still require you to keep the watch tight (smartwatch heart rate monitors don’t work if the watch is loose either).

Source (in Korean) | Via

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  • Anonymous
  • KAL
  • 18 Feb 2018

Has to be accurate to work. But could be a game changer.

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  • nDy
  • 17 Feb 2018

Sure, i won't ever go to a doctor from now on. It will definitely cure cancer with an update.

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  • viveksubhash
  • rKa
  • 16 Feb 2018

1st thing.. People tend to substitute teal medical care with these..and margins of error is as high as 30 percent.. I'd be happy with 5 to 10

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