Wearables

The company was founded by Stanford Biodesign 2012 fellow Kate Rosenbluth who won a $10,000 "Boomer" award and $25,000 from a UC Berkeley startup competition.

Half of the study participants received an activity tracker and access to an online portal, and were able to outperform their peers in the control group.

Called IoFIT, the product sports a number of pressure sensors to measure your posture, balance and weight distribution, and can send this data to an app.

The device acts like a personal coach, analyzing the swimmer's movements using nine built-in sensors and making sounds to prompt users to correct movements.

Called Swimmerix, the package consists of a wrist-worn band and a stationary base unit which together offer accurate measurement and real-time guidance.

Announced during this year's CES, the device is an activity tracker for the elderly that can be worn on the wrist or around the neck.

The sleeve will provide automatic, intelligent information about muscle movement and strength while patients practice every-day tasks at home.

The company's wireless, patch-based system makes vital signs monitoring faster, easier and more convenient for both patients and medical staff.

The research firm estimates that Apple took two-thirds of the smartwatch market; Samsung was second, Pebble - third, while Huawei took the fourth position.

Collaboration enables the integration of health data into Philips cloud-based HealthSuite digital platform to power connected health solutions and services.