The first real-time sweat, motion and skin
temperature-monitoring wearable is now commercially available as
climate change intensifies and working conditions become more
dangerous
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Epicore Biosystems ('Epicore'),
a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing
wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for
performance and safety, today announced the commercial launch of
Connected Hydration. Connected Hydration is the first sweat-sensing
wearable patch and mobile app that equips workers with customized,
real-time insights about sweat volume loss, electrolyte loss, body
temperature and body movement to inform their hydration needs ahead
of adverse dehydration events. The advanced biowearable is designed
to protect industrial athletes working on the frontlines of
physically intensive industries including energy, construction,
mining, utilities, agriculture, trucking and warehouse packaging,
as well as military personnel, from dehydration, heat stress and
heat-related injuries.
The commercial launch of Connected Hydration comes at a critical
time as climate change continues to intensify and scientists
predict 2024 will be the hottest year on record. Cumulative
exposure to extreme heat is proven to cause cognitive decline and
physiological dysfunction and impede physical performance required
for industrial occupations. Without meaningful action to adapt to
extreme heat, rising temperatures will continue negatively
impacting working conditions in the
United States, leading to an average of 450,000 heat-related
injuries per year and $500 billion in
labor-related productivity costs by 2050. On a global scale, health
experts anticipate a 370% increase in yearly heat-related deaths
and a 50% increase in hours of labor lost due to heat exposure, if
the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius.
"The trajectory of extreme heat requires connected worker
solutions that go far beyond a one-size-fits-all approach. As the
world continues to warm at an alarming rate, there is an urgent
need for technology that provides industrial workers access to
their own hydration data and alerts them at the exact moment
they're at risk of dehydration," said Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari, CEO and co-founder of Epicore
Biosystems. "Epicore is proud to fulfill that need with the
commercial launch of Connected Hydration, which is already in use
by thousands of workers worldwide to prevent dehydration and
heat-related illness. As we continue establishing ourselves as a
global leader in the hydration sector, worker safety remains one of
our top priorities."
Connected Hydration has already been deployed across multiple
industrial sectors, including oil and gas, military, engineering
services, shipping, climate technology, chemical plants,
construction and manufacturing, and with over 20 multinational
corporations, across four continents. This scale of deployment
ahead of its commercial launch highlights the growing demand for
personalized hydration solutions to empower and protect
workers.
Connected Hydration consists of a flexible wearable patch, a
mobile application and a cloud engine. The mobile app is available
in North America on the Apple App
Store and will be available in the Google Play Android store in
May, with early partner availability in Australia, Singapore and Japan. Unlike most wearables on the market,
Connected Hydration has an extended battery life of over 1,000
hours and never requires charging. Epicore offers a complimentary
coin-cell battery swap service, creating an eco-friendly and
seamless user experience.
Connected Hydration's advanced features include:
- Multiple biosensors for real-time sweat and electrolyte
loss, skin temperature, thermal flux and motion tracking
- Machine learning algorithms incorporated across a variety of
hydration conditions and trained on 420,000 data points from the
field
- Real-time dehydration alerts and alarms via haptic
feedback
- Fluid/electrolyte intake tracking via the Connected Hydration
mobile app
- Data dashboard for tracking daily and longitudinal changes
across all biometrics
- Secure cloud engine with predictive analytics across work sites
and regions
- Intrinsically safe design that can withstand hazardous
environments (CLASS I, DIV 2 certified)
Epicore recently completed its System and Organization Controls
(SOC) 2 Type II compliance in accordance with the American
Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), underscoring the
company's commitment to cloud data security and privacy for
enterprise customers leveraging Connected Hydration. Multiple
peer-reviewed scientific publications underpin the commercial
launch of Connected Hydration, including a recent publication in
Artificial Intelligence, Social Computing and Wearable
Technologies by the University of California, Berkeley and Chevron Corporation.
To learn more about Epicore Biosystems and Connected Hydration,
visit https://www.epicorebiosystems.com/.
About Epicore Biosystems
Founded in 2017, Epicore Biosystems is a digital health company
developing advanced sweat-sensing biowearables that provide
real-time personalized health insights for hydration, stress and
wellness. Their clinically validated biowearable products and cloud
analytics are deployed globally and licensed by leading Fortune 500
companies, the Department of Defense and the National Institute of
Health. To learn more, visit
https://www.epicorebiosystems.com/.
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