Company Apple has been researching how to non-invasively and conveniently measure the health of the watch wearer for at least five years Apple Watch, which is research that could possibly be applied to Apple Vision Pro. About that Apple takes this topic seriously, as evidenced by a recent patent application.
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Apple according to the latest news, it is developing a new belt for Apple Watch and possibly another device, which would be made of flexible fabric and would have the ability to perform health measurements, including blood pressure measurements. Already in 2019, he was granted a patent entitled "Fabric-based articles with stretch bands". This November, she was granted the same patent again. Company Apple applied for a patent for this version in 2022, but the application also refers to a 2020 release.
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Repeated requests indicate that this is an ongoing effort to explore the topic. Each of the patents describes methods by which the respective circuits can be used within such a subject of wearable technology. According to the description in the patent, the stretch belt can adapt to a given part of the user's body. The circuits in the belt can be equipped with sensors for measuring EKG, blood pressure or perhaps sensing the respiratory rate.
"A coil formed of conductive fibers in an article of cloth may be used by wireless power receiving circuitry in the article of cloth to receive wireless energy," it is in the description of the patent. Although the most obvious use for such a strap would be a future version of the watch Apple Watch, company Apple repeatedly mentions other possibilities of use – for example, a headband u Vision Pro. Apple in the patent, among other things, it points out that proper wearing is necessary for accurate measurement. The flexible material should be more resistant to higher temperatures for the sake of quality cleaning.
