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Women’s Heart Disease: Gender-specific Considerations

March 12th, 2024

Cardiovascular disease, historically misconceived as a predominantly male-centric pathology, is the leading cause of mortality in women globally. Together with our partner Labfront, Movesense wants to increase awareness of the important issue of women’s heart disease and encourage researchers to develop new gender-inclusive healthcare practices. We’ll organize a webinar on March 19 11:00 AM EDT […]

Movesense and Labfront Partner to Support Women’s Cardiac Health Research

February 27th, 2024

Labfront is a complete data collection platform that aggregates high resolution physiological data from wearables, survey responses, and participant task adherence records in one place. The Labfront platform works seamlessly with Movesense sensors. Together, they form a state-of-the-art solution for collecting and managing research data related to health and well-being. With February being American Heart […]

Kaasa Integrates RaceBox GPS and Movesense Sensor in Data Collector App, New Era of Precision Analytics in Sports and Health

February 26th, 2024

Movesense software partner Kaasa solution integrates the RaceBox Mini S GPS sensor and the Movesense Sensor in their advanced Data Collector 3 analytics platform. The combination marks a significant leap forward in sports and health analytics. It redefines the standards of precision, versatility, ease of use and insight in monitoring and enhancing athletic performance and […]

HUS’s New Movesense-Powered Examination Method Shortened Waiting Times for Wakefulness Studies

February 15th, 2024

HUS is the biggest health care provider in Finland and responsible for organizing specialized healthcare in the Helsinki and Uusimaa region. HUS has recently implemented a new JOSLER method for wakefulness examinations, developed in the HUS Diagnostic Center’s Clinical Neurophysiology. The method utilizes Movesense sensor for tracking patient alertness. Currently over 70% of wakefulness studies […]

Innovation Enabled: Movesense Medical Empowers the Development of Enhanced Telehealth Services

February 8th, 2024

When and how will telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health solutions make a significant impact on healthcare delivery? How will solutions using the Movesense Medical sensor accelerate this change? Healthcare systems worldwide are experiencing growing pressure every year. The shortage of educated medical personnel, the overload of those at work, and the growing […]

Movesense Launches an ECG Recorder App for iOS and Android

October 23rd, 2023

Movesense ECG Recorder is a new practical mobile application for collecting single-channel ECG data using wearable Movesense sensors. The application provides a scalable solution to electrocardiogram and heart rate data collection and recording needs, enabling the sharing of recorded log files in industry standard CSV and EDF+ file formats. ECG file share and live view […]

Enhancing Athlete’s Health and Performance with Movesense Sensors

September 6th, 2023

In August, we had the privilege of enjoying the World Athletics Championships; amazing performances, tough battles, and lots of emotions. Behind these performances are thousands of hours of training and years of dedication to the sport. As it comes to turning the hard work into competitive success, the athlete’s health plays a key role. Not […]

Supporting the Independent Living of the Elderly with a Wearable Sensor

August 11th, 2023

At some point in old age, most of us face the question of whether I will still be able to live independently in my own home. The desire to remain in the comfort of one’s own home doesn’t diminish with age; if anything, it becomes even more pronounced. At the same time, the well-being of […]

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Overtrained or Not? Movesense’s Enni Nurmi Uses HRV Analysis in Her Training

July 25th, 2023

Using HRV analysis in identifying overtraining – Movesense trainee Enni Nurmi uses herself as a case example: I’m Enni, a Finnish national team racewalker and Biosensing and Bioelectronics master student at Aalto University. I started as a summer trainee at Movesense at the beginning of May. At Movesense I can combine my knowledge from sport […]

Movesense Sensors in Education – Students Innovate New Applications

July 20th, 2023

Several educational institutions have discovered the advantages of Movesense sensors in educational use. The programmable, easy-to-use and affordable sensor is a great tool for teaching wearable technology, embedded programming and especially health technology. Universities like Carnegie Mellon University in California, USA, Helsinki University of Applied Sciences in Finland and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in […]

Radical Health Festival Brought Digital Health Innovators to Helsinki

June 19th, 2023

Radical Health Festival Helsinki on June 12-14 gathered digital healthcare innovators, industry leaders, government representatives, policy-makers, health professionals, startups and investors to an event to drive radical thinking for solving the challenges that health systems around the world are facing. RHF promotes cross-border collaborations and work toward a unified European vision and landscape for health […]

Meet Movesense at Radical Health Festival Helsinki

June 5th, 2023

Radical Health Festival Helsinki (RHFH) on June 12-14 is a new pan-European conference where international key players in digital health will come together to create one of the largest health markets. RHFH drives the digital transformation in healthcare to improve clinical and financial outcomes, and make health systems more sustainable. RHFH is part of the […]

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Knopka and Movesense CEOs Talk about Cooperation and a Joint Project in Ukraine

May 24th, 2023

Knopka is an advanced call system for hospitals and care homes to notify nurses and help them respond immediately when a patient needs help. The Knopka alarm button connects wirelessly to the Movesense Medical sensor to automatize certain nurse call triggers. The system is developed by the Ukrainian medtech startup Knopka (“Button” in Ukrainian). Knopka […]

Knopka wireless nurse call button and Movesense sensor

Movesense and Labfront Partner to Bring an Advanced IMU/ECG Device to Health Researchers Worldwide

May 8th, 2023

BOSTON, Massachusetts/May 8th, 2023.  Labfront, a global startup specializing in health data analytics, has partnered with Movesense, a world leader in wireless wearable sensors, to offer an innovative research solution. The partnership brings together Labfront’s no-code digital biomarker collection and analytics platform with Movesense’s industry-leading wearable sensor technology, advancing physiological data collection for health researchers. […]

New ECG Monitor Helps Improve Healthcare Efficiency

May 2nd, 2023

Portable single-channel ECG devices offer an efficient atrial fibrillation (Afib) screening alternative to 24-hour Holter monitoring.1 The new MDR certified chest strap ECG monitor Movesense Medical concretizes the benefits that this product category offers to improve healthcare efficiency. Movesense Medical is a lightweight ECG and movement sensor developed by the Finnish wearable technology expert Movesense. […]

Movesense MD Becomes One of the First Wearable ECG Monitors to Receive MDR Certification

April 18th, 2023

Vantaa, Finland — The Movesense Medical wearable ECG and movement sensor, developed by the Finnish medical device manufacturer Movesense Ltd, has been certified as a Class IIa medical device in conformity with the European Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR). Movesense Medical sensor is a lightweight wearable sensor intended for measuring single channel ECG, heart rate, […]

Wearable ECG monitor Movesense Medical receives EU MDR certification.

HeartSentinel Launches Ritmia, an Automatic Arrhythmia Detection Tool

March 21st, 2023

Heart Sentinel srl is a biotech company founded in 2016 in Parma, Italy by Nicola Gaibazzi and Claudio Reverberi, recognized Italian cardiologists and authors of several key scientific publications related to cardiovascular diseases. The company now dedicates to develop and patent smart products in the field of cardiology, using Movesense devices. Their aim is to democratize long-term cardiac rhythm monitoring […]

Ephion Health Validates a New System to Monitor the Status of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients

February 8th, 2023

The Spanish health tech company Ephion Health recently published a monitoring system to measure gait biomechanics in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patients using wearable sensors. The system integrates eight commercial wearables. It consists of five Movesense Medical sensors for inertial measurement, one of which also measures heart rate, two plantar pressure insoles from Moticon and […]

Movesense Academic Program Expands – Monitoring Cervical Dystonia and Patient Early Warning Score

January 19th, 2023

Movesense Academic Program is an initiative of Movesense and its development partner Kaasa Solution to support scientific research projects with high quality sensors and data collecting tools for physiology and biomechanics. New projects are invited to the program based on applications. We are excited to announce that two new health-related projects joined the program in December: […]

MDR Certification Stage 2 Audit of the Movesense Medical ECG and Movement Sensor Completed

January 4th, 2023

Movesense team’s year 2022 culminated in mid-December with the second stage audit of the MDR certification of the Movesense Medical ECG and movement sensor. We are pleased to note that the process continues as planned. The new EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR) is replacing the Medical Device Directive MDD 93/42/EEC. Compliance with the MDR is […]

Movesense Medical chest strap ECG monitor

EBELT Launches EBELT Smart – a Belt to Wear Movesense Sensor in Daily Life

December 15th, 2022

EBELT® is a Helsinki, Finland based company that concentrates on creating functional accessory solutions for everyday situations. The company was founded in 2015 in with a simple mission to keep one’s pants up. EBELT developed a new kind of elasticated lightweight belt suitable for heavy duty, leisure, and active sport markets. Yet the belt is […]

EBELT smart belt with Movesense sensor

Movesense Completes a Development Project for a Partner According to ISO13485

December 9th, 2022

Movesense’s ISO13485 medical quality management system was approved for use in August 2022. We recently communicated about the progress of the MDR conformity assessment of Movesense Medical sensor that continues as planned. Now we can proudly announce that we have completed the first product development project according to ISO13485. This project, carried out for a […]

Movesense testing laboratory is part of company's ISO13485 quality system.

Medica 2022: Digital Health Accelerates, Movesense Well Positioned

November 18th, 2022

Medica 2022 trade fair is over and it’s time to summarize our observations related to digital health trends and topics. Movesense exhibited in the Hall 12 that collected wearable device brands, start-ups, health IT companies and other innovators in digital healthcare. There were two leading themes that caught the attention at the show: The digitalization […]

First Impressions of Digital Health Trends at Medica 2022

November 14th, 2022

Medica 2022, the worldwide largest trade fair of the medical sector, opened today in Düsseldorf, Germany. From Monday to Thursday Nov 14-17, the fair is the meeting point for medical technology experts and companies around the world. Movesense is exhibiting in hall 12, booth B54. For Movesense the first show day was very busy right […]

Movesense Medical ECG and Movement Sensor’s MDR Registration Progressing as Planned

November 11th, 2022

Movesense is delighted to announce that the MDR conformity assessment process of the Movesense Medical ECG and movement sensor is proceeding as scheduled. The first phase of the assessment was completed in October 2022. The team is now working on the next steps, aiming for the process finalization in a timely manner. Movesense Medical classification […]

Top 5 Conclusions from the Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference

October 26th, 2022

Biosensors for Medical Wearables is a compact conference with a laser-sharp focus on wearable medical sensors. The event brought together pharmaceutical companies, medical device developers and component manufacturers to Boston on Oct 24-25 to explore key drivers and innovations of the rapidly expanding wearable medical biosensors market. Movesense was one of the event partners, represented […]

Book a Meeting with Movesense at Medica 2022

October 24th, 2022

The worldwide largest trade fair for the medical sector, MEDICA 2022 brings nearly 100000 visitors and thousands of exhibitors from all over the world to Düsseldorf, Germany, on November 14-17. For four days, Medica is the place to see where the healthcare industry is going and the latest innovations in medical products and technologies. If […]

Movesense Partners with Biosensors for Medical Wearables in Boston Oct 24-25

October 20th, 2022

Biosensors for Medical Wearables brings together big pharma, device developers and component manufacturers to explore the key drivers and innovations of the wearable medical biosensors landscape. Movesense is exited to partner with the event to spread the word about the possibilities that Movesense sensors offer in this context. The global market for wearable biosensors is […]

Meet Movesense at Medica 2022 Trade Fair

September 27th, 2022

MEDICA is the worldwide largest trade fair for the medical sector. It’s the place to see the newest medical products, trends and technologies, to connect with the industry, and to learn about the healthcare evolution in various forums and conferences. This year, the event will return back to normal after the pandemic. Nearly 100000 visitors […]

Movesense has been granted ISO 13485:2016 Quality System Certificate

September 5th, 2022

We are extremely excited to announce that Movesense Ltd has been granted ISO 13485:2016 medical device quality management system certificate. The quality management system of Movesense was audited and certified by Eurofins Electric & Electronics Finland Ltd. ISO 13485:2016 standard specifies requirements for a quality management system that can be used by an organization involved […]

Granted ISO 13485:2016 Quality System Certificate of Movesense

Kubios and Movesense Combine Advanced ECG and HRV Analysis Tools

August 8th, 2022

Kubios, a leading provider of software for scientific heart rate variability analysis, and Movesense, a supplier of cutting-edge wearable ECG, heart rate and movement sensors, promote the compatibility of their products to make top-of-the-line physiological analyzes accessible and practical for anyone interested in the topic. Kubios and Movesense’s products complement each other perfectly, and in […]

A smart jumpsuit tracks infants’ motor development

June 28th, 2022

Movesense sensor allows researchers to create a new method for assessing the neurological development of young children. Early motor assessment is essential for supporting the early detection of neurodevelopmental problems and their therapeutic interventions. Photo: Helsinki University A Finnish research group at the BABA Center, Helsinki Children’s Hospital, has developed a novel wearable for infants […]

5+1 Benefits of Movesense Chest Strap ECG Monitor vs. Holter Devices

June 13th, 2022

Clinical multi-lead ECG systems, e.g., Holter ECGs, are expensive, involve considerable participant and researcher burden and are not practical for field base monitoring in active populations.[i] The new ECG monitors with a chest strap form factor offer many benefits for monitoring certain heart parameters and cardiac health. Especially for long-term monitoring of heart rate variability […]

Movesense Medical chest strap ECG monitor

New Projects Join Movesense Academic Program for Q1 2022

March 21st, 2022

Movesense and its development partner Kaasa Solution support scientific research through an initiative called Movesense Academic Program. The program supports researchers with expert tools and technical help for collecting movement, heart rate and ECG data. New projects are invited to the program on quarterly basis based on applications. We are excited to announce the first […]

Nahtlos and Kaasa Develop a Solution for Monitoring Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

February 16th, 2022

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term condition that causes inflammation in the lungs, damaged lung tissue, and a narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult. More than 380 million people worldwide are estimated to have COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading cause of hospital re-admissions. The main problem is that the condition […]

A New Study Proves Movesense Medical’s Accuracy in Detecting Atrial Fibrillation

January 19th, 2022

Atrial fibrillation, also called AFib or AF, is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. AF increases a person’s risk for stroke. Strokes caused by complications from AF are usually more severe than strokes with other causes. However, with timely detection and treatment of AF, the stroke risk can be remarkably reduced. The risk […]

Movesense Boosts the Rise of Medical Wearables

January 18th, 2022

With the fast evolution of health technology and wearable devices, the range of health-related products that are available for consumers and private use is increasing rapidly. Medically regulated products are quickly becoming as accessible for consumers as easily as ordinary, unregulated consumer electronics products. The pressure of rising healthcare costs and the rapid increase of […]

Our Top-5 Favorite Picks of Movesense Powered Projects in 2021

January 10th, 2022

Innovation keeps flourishing in the Movesense developer community. The variety of ideas and concepts that are emerging around the world is amazing. Movesense team is delighted to see all the valuable solutions that the platform is enabling for a variety of needs and problems that we often didn’t even know to exist. To highlight the […]

Heart Sentinel Tests Movesense Sensors Successfully with their Arrhythmia Detection Algorithm

January 4th, 2022

Heart Sentinel is an Italian health tech start-up that develops algorithms for the prevention of cardiac problems. The Parma-based company has been testing their arrhythmia detection algorithms with Movesense sensors and recently published the results of a study that demonstrates the usefulness of running arrhythmia algorithms locally on the sensor. The report with the title […]

Ainone Builds Unique Tools for Neurological Performance Evaluation

November 9th, 2021

Ainone is a Finnish startup that is developing a lightweight, mobile, rehabilitation and coaching platform for measuring key components of neurological performance. The company is first addressing the need for an easy and cost-effective solution to accurately and objectively measure balance. Balance is an essential measure of performance for athletes, the elderly, and anyone in […]

Ainone performance test can be used to monitor the effect of concussion on human performance

Heart2Save’s Awario Screens Atrial Fibrillations to Reduce Strokes

November 2nd, 2021

Heart2Save is a Kuopio Finland based health tech company that was founded in 2015 to solve a specific problem. The founder and CEO of the company Helena Jäntti saw in her work as a emergency doctor many patients who got her thinking of a device that could quickly and reliably detect heart arrhythmias before they […]

The One-Stop Building Block Helping Wearable Solutions Innovators Across the Globe

October 25th, 2021

Measuring health conditions can bring a host of benefits to patients and healthcare systems, including earlier detection of conditions, more timely intervention, and more effective treatment and rehabilitation. Innovators can run into issues trying to transform their big idea into a healthcare solution though, such as developing and testing new hardware and seeking certification for […]

Win a Ticket to Medica for You and Someone You Name

October 19th, 2021

The world of medicine meets at MEDICA 2021 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany on Nov 15-18. It is a must for anyone who wants to experience tomorrow’s healthcare market live. Movesense is exhibiting at the show with our customers Ainone and Heart2Save. Also our software partner Kaasa solution will be there. If you are interested […]

Movesense Joins Sports Tech Research Network

October 13th, 2021

Science driven Sports & Health Tech organizations join forces to improve product effectiveness Sports technology is an area of massive growth, with major potential commercial incentives, from the individual consumer to the elite sport level. Products in the health and performance domains, however, are not always trustworthy and effective, mainly because of a lacking integration […]

Movesense Exhibits at MEDICA 2021 with Heart2Save and Ainone

October 7th, 2021

MEDICA 2021, the world’s largest trade show for medical technology, will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany on 15th-18th November. The show will be the first large scale physical meeting of the global medical business community after November 2019. Movesense is exhibiting at MEDICA together with two of our customer companies, Ainone and Heart2Save. Ainone is […]

Movesense Academic Program Expands with Two New Projects

August 10th, 2021

Movesense Academic Program is an initiative by the Movesense team and Movesense development partner Kaasa Solution to support scientific research with expert tools for collecting movement, heart rate and ECG data. We are proud to invite two new projects to the program. Both projects of this selection round are related to health. One of the […]

Jewellery that recognizes arrhythmias – a Finnish innovation based on artificial intelligence

July 1st, 2021

Heart2Save, Lumoava and Suunto have developed and launched the Awario Gem ECG necklace, which, together with the user’s phone, enables the measurement of a hospital-level ECG (electrocardiogram) at home. Awario Gem helps identify the four most common arrhythmias, the most dangerous of which is atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation causes about 4,500 strokes in Finland every […]

Apply for Free and Scale Up Your Business with the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup

June 30th, 2021

Navispace is calling all health-related Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs to join the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® – the world´s leading open innovation platform in the Internet of Medical Things. The competition promotes innovations, makes them visible to the world, and connects innovators with decision-makers, potential partners, investors and customers. […]

Physilect Announces a Series of Exergames – Uses Movesense Sensor as a Controller

June 17th, 2021

Physilect is a Finnish pioneer of computer aided remote rehabilitation. The company has just launched their first mobile game that includes exercise elements and is working on several more. The games are utilizing Movesense sensors as a game controller and an interaction device between the game and the player. Exergames are computer games that are […]

VitalThings Seeks Complementing Services for its Contactless Sleep Monitor Somnofy

March 26th, 2021

Are you working on a Movesense powered application in the field of health and well-being? Are you looking for new channels to grow your market? We have recently received two partner invitations for the Movesense community that we are excited to share with you!   VitalThings wants to complement their sleep monitor with daytime health […]

WeShareCare Wants to Integrate Movesense Powered Health Monitoring Applications

Are you measuring health data or daily well-being status with Movesense? Are you looking for expanding your market reach? We have recently received two partner invitations for the Movesense community that we are excited to share with you!   WeShareCare offers an interesting partnering opportunity with a rapidly growing remote healthcare platform WeShareCare is a peer-to-peer […]

Neurobit Monitors Sleep Apnea and Sleep Stages with Movesense – SDK and API available

One of the Movesense Academic Program participants, Neurobit Technologies, Singapore, is working on combining sleep staging and respiratory event detection with Movesense sensors to enable sleep disorder assessment at scale. During the project, Neurobit validates its  algorithm for detecting sleep stages and Obstructive Sleep Apnea using ECG and motion data from Movesense. The company has […]

How new atrial fibrillation monitoring technology could benefit millions

February 15th, 2021

Atrial fibrillation – an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm or ‘arrhythmia’ – is an increasingly common condition estimated to affect 7.6 million people over the age of 65 in the EU.1 Patients with atrial fibrillation have a five times higher risk of stroke. In fact, the condition is responsible for between 20 and 30 […]

Movesense Medical Datasheet and User Guide Published

February 10th, 2021

Movesense Medical sensor is practical tool for developing new wearable solutions for healthcare and wellbeing. It measures heart rate, single channel ECG, and movement with 9-axis inertial measurement unit. The sensor can be programmed to meet the needs of various use cases ranging from clinical assessment to health monitoring in home environment. With roots in […]

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A balancing act – how wearable tech is improving orthopaedic and neurology treatments

February 8th, 2021

Good balance is an essential element of human performance for everyone in daily life and is something most of us take for granted. When balance and movement become impaired though, for instance after a trauma or sports related concussion (SRC), age-related degeneration, lower limb injuries, or osteoarthritis, the impact can be far-reaching. Measuring and understanding […]

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Movesense Medical Receives CE Medical Certification

December 22nd, 2020

We are proud to announce that we have just completed the medical registration process of the Movesense Medical sensor. It is now certified as a medical device accessory, class II a, according to Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC of the European Union. Movesense Medical is commercially available from the beginning of 2021. To get started with […]

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Our Top-5 Favorite Movesense Concepts in 2019

December 15th, 2019

The spirit of innovation and the versatility of ideas of Movesense developers around the world is simply amazing. Within the Movesense team, we could have never come up with a fraction of all the use cases where Movesense sensors are currently being applied, and new projects in new fields of use are starting all the […]

Heart2Save Announces a Product for Identification of Atrial Fibrillation at Home

June 14th, 2019

Heart2Save, a Finnish startup with roots in Kuopio University Hospital, announced a Movesense powered solution that allows the user him/herself to identify atrial fibrillation at an early stage. The company’s ambitious vision is to reduce strokes caused by atrial fibrillation and thus save lives and secure healthier life years. The AiVoni Analysis Service includes a […]

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