The Future of Health Monitoring: Unlocking the Power of Sweat
At Lume Health, we’re excited to be at the forefront of a groundbreaking new way to monitor health—using sweat. Our innovative wearable sensors can detect important molecules from sweat, which give you real-time insights into your body's inner workings.
Why Sweat?
Eccrine sweat, the type your body produces to cool you down, is packed with information (1,2). Just like your blood, sweat contains a wide range of important molecules, including hormones, that can tell you a lot about your health. Imagine a wearable device that could continuously monitor things like your body’s circadian rhythms, track inflammatory markers, or even help manage medication and supplement levels— all by analyzing your sweat (3). The possibilities are endless.
What’s Next?
At Lume Health, we’re committed to pushing the boundaries of wearable technology. Our next steps involve using our system to measure the circadian rhythm, while also working toward multiplexed, continuous, real-time monitoring. This could revolutionize the way we manage overall wellness and personalized healthcare.
Sweat is the key to unlocking a new era of health monitoring, and we’re just getting started. Stay tuned as we continue to explore how sweat sensors can help you effortlessly and noninvasively take charge of your health.
(1) Wearable and flexible electrochemical sensors for sweat analysis: a review https://www.nature.com/articles/s41378-022-00443-6
(2) Wearable sweat sensors https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-018-0043-y
(3) The challenges and promise of sweat sensing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-02059-1