Clear wearable medical monitor attached to a wrist, featuring a sleek design with small, discrete nodes along a thin, flexible band.

E-thread enables a discreet wearable medical monitor 

August 10th, 2026

There is generally a stigma attached to wearable technology – even something as ubiquitous as eyeglasses, and moreso if it involves medical monitoring. Now, researchers at Tufts University, a private research institution based in Massachusetts, have created a wearable technology that’s so thin, light, flexible, and unobtrusive that users will barely notice they're wearing it. […]

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Textiles team up with technology for smart medical products

August 7th, 2019

by Pamela Mills-Senn Take operating room (OR) technology. In today’s ORs, one might find an array of smart surgical tools, augmented reality devices and precision robotics that assist surgeons in performing the most complex and exacting of procedures. Patients are greatly benefiting from these advancements, but this isn’t the only medical area where technology is […]

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