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   Samsung Gear X
   
   nice name... wanted to read a few different takes...
   
   
   Samsung Patent Points To Blood Pressure Tracking On ‘Gear X’
   February 15, 2018 - Written By Justin Diaz
   
   
   A Samsung patent that was recently discovered points to blood pressure tracking being possible on the ‘Gear X’ which could be an upcoming smartwatchfrom the company. That said it is worth noting that the diagrams in the patent filing show a square-shaped watch that looks very much like the old Gear Live and the original Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s one and only Android Wear smartwatch and its very first smartwatch that launched with Tizen, so the the pictures used in the patent filing are not likely to be the actual design for a new watch.
   
   As to the blood pressure sensor Samsung’s patent describes using polarized and depolarized light to read the blood pressure through a user’s skin, and then allow the watch to display that data on the screen of the watch like shown in the image above. Something to consider is that it is possible that the Gear X is not meant to be a smartwatch in the same way that the recently launched Gear Sportis, and may be more of a health-related wearable meant mostly for this purpose of capturing the user’s blood pressure so it could be monitored more easily.
   
   That said, other diagrams in the patent filing show the watch as having a number pad dialer for what would presumably be making phone calls, and that it would have NFC and possibly MST technology built-in so it could be used for making mobile payments. These factors point to this being more of a full-fledged smartwatch but there’s not much detail that can be gathered from the filing other than these few pieces of information as the majority of the writing is all in Korean. There’s no mention of when Samsung might release a smartwatch with a blood pressure sensor, and since the Gear Sport launched just within the last six months, it isn’t likely Samsung will have a new watch available anytime soon, which could mean a device with a BP sensor is further out, assuming that Samsung is even developing such a device in the first place and not just sitting on these designs for the time being.
   

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   jfiebWell-Known Member

   
   
   

   Apple is widely-tipped to be looking into bringing blood pressure and blood glucose measurements to future iterations of its Apple Watch wearable.
   
   In a patent filed by Apple late last year, Apple described a non-invasive way to measure blood pressure.
   
   Unlike the light sensor mentioned in the Samsung patent, Apple’s patent describes a method that uses a heartbeat measurement, in conjunction with the pulse created by it at your wrist.
   
   Timing how long it takes to get from your heart to your wrist – known as the pulse transit time (PTT) – can be a reliable method to calculate blood pressure.
   

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   jfiebWell-Known Member

   I want to read a few different takes on it...Are they serious about health?
   
   Galaxy S9 is hiding a blood pressure monitoring sensor and it could be life saving to some
   
   
   Last night, Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2018. The two phones, which are the flagship Galaxy S phones, have divided the Samsung fans and smartphone enthusiasts. While some have liked the improved hardware that Samsung has put in the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+, many are not happy with the fact that the design of the new phones remain similar to that of the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S7. But in middle of all this talk about the cool specs and hardware, there is one feature that has gone unnoticed. This feature is the blood pressure monitoring sensor that the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ house and if it works the way Samsung is hoping it works, this feature could change the life for millions of people.
   
   Samsung Mobile chief D J Koh did talk about the feature briefly in his keynote at the Unpacked event where Samsung launched the two phones. He said that Samsung was the first company to bring a proper heart rate monitor to phones earlier. The company then expanded by also including ability to monitor the blood oxygen level through the phone. And now, said Koh, Samsung is adding blood pressure monitoring feature in the Galaxy S9.
   So there it is- Samsung is first with this health. Seems they made a new sensor to allow it to happen.
   
   With the patent application, which shows it in wearabe form. We have to be prepared for a wearable from them with this same feature-
   
   If accurate- the real benefits would be there......
   
   Will track along.
   
   
   Consider that if this comes to pass that the time delays start to make sense? 
   
   Samsung considers BP a feature for their whole platform....Samtphones already. Maybe wearables next.....hearable too one day?
   
   
   Would United Health & Samsung bring this to its insured.
   
   How tight would the NDAs have been around this technology?
   
   Very tight?
   
   Better not to say anything at all.
   
   
   We will find out but Appples approach to this is very different than Samsung.....
   they will compare the 2.