Leman Micro Devices has announced a partnership with Shanghai Minshi and Bluetooth technology company WuQi. The collaboration between the three companies hopes to produce the world’s first-ever key fob-size standalone device that delivers clinically-accurate vital signs measurements, including blood pressure, wirelessly to a smartphone. The standalone Minshi key-fob incorporates LMD’s patented V-Sensor, plus a battery and a small...

The first measurement of blood pressure was made in 1896 by squeezing the flesh around an artery. This method remains the only non-invasive way to measure blood pressure, and 123 years later, there is only one device in the world that can do it without a cuff and to medical accuracy.

  Leman Micro Devices has announced that its V-Sensor and App integrated with next-generation smartphones will assist diagnosis by physicians and drive growth in remote medical consultation services by enabling patients to self-measure their own vital signs with medical accuracy for online appointments with doctors.