Sotera gains FDA clearance for hospital monitor

sotera 34_t220Sotera Wireless has gained FDA clearance for its ViSi Mobile System, which is a single bracelet device that displays heart rate, pulse and temperature on a single wrist-worn band suitable for ambulatory general care hospital patients. It also transmits to tablets and smartphones in a hospital setting. Palomar Health in California collaborated on the design for three years, and is of course the initial user. System cost not disclosed in this article. Next project reportedly up is a cuffless blood pressure monitor. Sotera’s Visi mobile vital-sign tracker OK’d (San Diego U-T)