Skylabs announced that its ring-type blood pressure monitor 'CART BP' won the 2024 IR52 Jang Young-sil Award Grand Prize (Prime Minister's Award).
This award is a recognition of the technological prowess that commercialized a device capable of continuous blood pressure measurement in a ring shape, breaking away from the cuff-type blood pressure measurement method that has been the standard for a long time.
Cart Bipi is a ring-shaped medical device that is worn on the finger and can automatically measure blood pressure 24 hours a day. It was approved as a class 2 medical device by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2023, and is being used for actual treatment in domestic hospitals and clinics through the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service's fee approval in the same year.
This device is evaluated as having improved the innovation of medical technology and user convenience by changing the structure of the blood pressure measurement method from a cuff to a ring, the measuring part from the arm to the finger, and the measurement cycle from intermittent to continuous measurement. Users can automatically measure blood pressure by simply wearing the ring while sleeping or going out, and the measured data is shared with medical staff through a mobile application.
Skylabs CEO Lee Byeong-hwan said, “Cart BP is a patient-centered technology that overcomes the limitations of existing blood pressure measurement technology,” and added, “With this award as an opportunity, we will continue to present a new standard for digital healthcare in the global market.”
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