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What you should know:
– Epicore Biosystems (“Epicore”)a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearable devices to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced the commercial launch of Connected Hydration.
– Connected Hydration is the first wearable sweat detection patch and mobile app that provides workers with personalized, real-time information on sweat volume loss, electrolyte loss, body temperature and body movement to help them monitor inform their hydration needs before adverse dehydration events.
Empowering Industrial Athletes: Introducing Connected Hydration to Improve Worker Safety and Performance
The advanced biowearable is designed to protect frontline workers in physically demanding industries such as energy, construction, mining, utilities, agriculture, trucking, warehouse packaging and military operations. It aims to protect them from dehydration, heat stress and associated injuries.
The introduction of connected hydration comes at a pivotal time, coinciding with the growing impact of climate change. Forecasts indicate that 2024 is on track to become the hottest year on record. Prolonged exposure to extreme heat has been scientifically linked to cognitive decline, physiological dysfunction, and reduced physical performance, all critical aspects of industrial occupations. Failing to address these challenges could worsen working conditions in the United States, potentially leading to 450,000 heat-related injuries annually and work-related productivity losses amounting to $500 billion by 2050. Globally, experts predict a 370% increase in heat-related deaths per year. per year and a 50% increase in work hours lost due to heat exposure if temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius.
Connected hydration has already been adopted in various industrial sectors, including oil and gas, military, engineering services, shipping, climate technology, chemical plants, construction and manufacturing. Its deployment across four continents and partnership with more than 20 multinational companies demonstrates the growing demand for tailored hydration solutions to protect workers.
Comprised of a flexible wearable patch, mobile app, and cloud engine, Connected Hydration features extended battery life exceeding 1,000 hours, eliminating the need for frequent recharges. Epicore offers a free coin cell battery exchange service to ensure a seamless and environmentally friendly user experience.
Connected Hydration's innovative features include multiple biosensors for real-time monitoring of sweat, electrolyte levels, skin temperature, heat flow and movement. Leveraging machine learning algorithms trained on 420,000 data points, it delivers improved data accuracy across various hydration conditions. Real-time dehydration alerts and alarms are transmitted via haptic feedback, while the mobile app allows users to track their fluid and electrolyte intake. A comprehensive data dashboard makes it easy to monitor daily and longitudinal biometric changes, supported by a secure cloud engine offering predictive analytics tailored to different work environments and regions. Notably, its design meets strict safety standards, being certified intrinsically safe for hazardous environments (CLASS I, DIV 2).
Epicore's commitment to data security and privacy is reinforced by its compliance with System and Organizational Controls (SOC) 2 Type II, in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Additionally, the commercial launch of Connected Hydration builds on several peer-reviewed scientific publications, including recent research by the University of California, Berkeley and Chevron Corporation, published in Artificial Intelligence, Social Computing, and Wearable Technologies.
“The trajectory of extreme heat requires solutions for connected workers that go well 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 allows industrial workers to access their own hydration data and alert them at the precise moment they are at risk of becoming dehydrated. , said Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari, CEO and co-founder of Epicore Biosystems. “Epicore is proud to address this need with the commercial launch of Connected Hydration, which is already used by thousands of workers around the world to prevent dehydration and heat-related illness. As we continue to establish ourselves as a global leader in the hydration industry, worker safety remains one of our top priorities.