As many of us already wear headphones and earbuds in the gym, anyway, this would be a naturally easy technology for millions of people to adopt.īiomet develops a number of products to help make surgery to knees, shoulders, feet, ankles and other body parts easier, safer and less invasive. Japan’s BifrosTec is currently developing a signal processing algorithm that would detect a person’s heartbeat through his or her headphones. It even works as a medical-grade ECG.īespoke Innovations is 3D printing custom parts it calls “fairings,” which are essentially coverings for a prosthetic that allow a user to regain their natural contours and silhouette. When a user puts his/her fingers on the Wello’s touch points, the phone gives a quick readout of health data, including heart rate, oxygen levels and blood pressure.
At the moment, the company is testing bandages made of stem cells whose first applications, if results are successful, would be meniscus tears.Īzoi is taking pre-orders for its health monitor, Wello, which actually doubles as an iPhone case. The company says first orders will ship in the summer of 2014.Īzellon Cell Therapeutics is experimenting with technologies that look completely sci-fi. Readouts will show up on your phone or tablet. Just slide the Core sensor into one of the clothing item’s pockets, and it will track heartbeat, reps, breathing, calories and a number of other data points. The device tracks every mile you run, every rep you do and every calorie you burn, giving you instant feedback on how you are doing.Īthos also makes wearable fitness trackers, but instead of watches Athos actually makes clothing that accommodates special sensors. For nearly 30 years, Asics’ research institute has studied and designed a number of materials and products to help athletes train more effectively and prevent injuries.Ītlas’ first product is a yet-unreleased fitness tracker that you wear like a watch. When sports medicine startups come up with great innovations, Arthrex has the resources to buy the company outright and get the innovation to market faster.Īsics, the shoe company, has its own Institute of Sport Science. Aquatic Safety Concepts aims to stop this with its Wahooo Swim Monitor, which fits on a swimmer’s head like a headband and sends an alert to a lifeguard or responsible adult when its wearer is submerged for too long.Īrthrex is a huge company with more than 7,500 products for arthroscopic and minimally invasive orthopedic surgery. Sadly, the vast majority of drownings involving children occur under the supervision of an adult. AlterG is building anti-gravity treadmills to speed up the recovery and rehabilitation processes for patients. How do you run without putting any weight on a surgically repaired ankle? By removing gravity. Active Implants’ two products, the NUsurface and the TriboFit Hip System, are both designed to revolutionize knee and hip replacement. Read on, and you’ll see why we might not even recognize much of the technology used in sports medicine in the coming decade.Īmsterdam-based Active Implants raised $26 million last fall to move its NUsurface Meniscus Implant through further clinical trials. Some are established companies with the resources to push forward, and some are startups that are going to market with a single great idea. Here are 50 different companies that are exploring the frontier of this field of medicine. With wearable fitness trackers, biologic implants and even a zero-gravity treadmill already on the market, sports medicine is one of the world’s hotbeds of innovation. Sports medicine has come so, so far in the last generation, and the industry is poised to take off even further with the popularity of smartphones. 50 Companies On The Cutting Edge of Sports Medicine (eKneeWalker)
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