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Person standing on a boardwalk while holding their wrist with a smartwatch on it
By  Jessica Hagen 03:06 pm December 28, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has temporarily paused the International Trade Commission's exclusion order banning sales and imports of Apple's Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S. following an appeal by the tech giant.  Suspension of the order allows Apple to resume selling its smartwatches in the U.S. with the disputed blood oxygen feature. Apple said in a statement...
A person's arm with a smartwatch on their wrist
By  Jessica Hagen 12:57 pm December 27, 2023
Apple can no longer sell its newest smartwatches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2, in the U.S. after President Biden declined to veto a product ban implemented by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that cited patent infringement. The ban, which came into effect this week, was implemented by the ITC in October to protect medtech company Masimo, which sued Apple in 2020 for...
Healthcare provider walking through a hallway with two other healthcare providers standing behind them
By  Jessica Hagen 12:48 pm September 29, 2023
Multinational biotechnology company Biogen has confirmed it will shut down Biogen Digital Health, a global unit of the biotech company, and pull out of a study with Apple. Still, the company says it will continue to integrate some digital capabilities into other functions of its business.  "As our CEO Chris Viehbacher mentioned when he announced Fit for Growth, part of the initiative is removing...
Apple Watch Series 9
By  Jessica Hagen 04:44 pm September 12, 2023
At a virtual event today, Apple unveiled the newest iteration of its wearable, the Apple Watch Series 9, which will allow users to access and log their healthcare data and control the Watch using their index finger and thumb via blood flow sensors.   With new features, users can access their health data through Siri health queries, including asking Siri how much they slept the previous night or...
Person using a virtual reality headset while holding their hands up in front of them
By  Jessica Hagen 12:26 pm June 14, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it was awarded a U.S. patent for a learning system technology that adjusts training and treatment protocols according to a patient's biometric and motion data.  XRHealth's platform allows patients on the autism spectrum and those with stress, anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and neurological conditions to connect with a provider via...
Different versions of Apple watchOS 10
By  Jessica Hagen 11:10 am June 6, 2023
Apple revealed the latest update of its Watch wearables at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 on Monday. The Apple watchOS 10 will include new mental health, vision health and fitness tools. The watchOS 10 will allow users to log their emotions and daily moods via the Mindfulness app. Users will be able to turn the Digital Crown to select a shape to describe and track their feelings....
A close-up of a person wearing a smartwatch.
By  Emily Olsen 12:46 pm May 2, 2023
A smartwatch trade secrets battle between Apple and health tech company Masimo ended in a mistrial yesterday when jurors failed to reach an unanimous verdict. Masimo sued Apple in 2020 for allegedly poaching its employees and stealing trade secrets related to technology that uses light to measure blood oxygen levels in the Apple Watch. The company had been seeking more than $1.8 billion in...
Sincerely Health app
By  Jessica Hagen 11:13 am April 13, 2023
Grocery chain Albertsons Companies' digital health and wellness platform Sincerely Health announced a program that will allow consumers to share data from their Apple Watches or iPhones to earn rewards points.  Sincerely Health provides users access to health-related resources and guidance for establishing mental and general wellbeing goals. The platform also offers an online pharmacy where...
A close up of a person checking a smartwatch.
By  Emily Olsen 06:20 pm December 22, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Thursday that Apple Watches with ECG functionality violate two AliveCor patents, but the agency put an import ban on hold. The ITC issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting further imports and a cease and desist order against Apple. It also set a bond of $2 per unit imported or sold during the Presidential review period. However, enforcement of...
Healthcare provider on a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:17 pm December 12, 2022
Speech recognition-technology company Voiceitt announced it scored $4.7 million in funding. The startup will extend the round to meet a new goal of $10 million. The round was led by AMIT Technion with participation from Third Culture Capital (3CC) and Cisco Investments.   The Israeli company said that it had raised $20 million since its formation in 2012, including $5M of non-dilutive funding...