- Rockley and Medtronic to enter development partnership involving newly announced Bioptx™ biomarker sensing platform
- Companies partner to jointly develop regulated wearable devices for proactive and continuous monitoring
OXFORD, England & PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited (NYSE:RKLY) (“the Company” or “Rockley”), a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, today announced that it has agreed to enter a development partnership with Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology. The two companies plan to collaborate to bring Rockley’s recently announced Bioptx™ biomarker sensing platform into Medtronic’s solutions for use across various healthcare settings.
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Rockley Bioptx Biosensing Wristband (Photo: Business Wire)
Rockley’s biosensing technology is expected to expand the capabilities of wearable medtech devices by miniaturizing the measurement and analysis of a range of biomarkers into a compact form factor. These advances mean that a single wearable device could monitor multiple crucial biomarkers – including core body temperature, blood pressure, body hydration, alcohol, lactate, and glucose trends, among others. The Bioptx platform offers an end-to-end sensing solution that integrates cloud analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially deliver a holistic assessment of a variety of conditions.
The partnership with Medtronic builds on the societal shift from reactive to proactive healthcare by potentially enabling round-the-clock, real-time, non-invasive monitoring of a person’s health and well-being, thereby empowering clinicians to personalize care with actionable data.
Dr. Andrew Rickman, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockley, said, “This partnership combines Medtronic’s exceptional strength in providing in-patient care with Rockley’s expertise in wearable, remote monitoring. I believe that this collaboration will bring to life our vision of giving people better insights into their health and well-being. We are excited about the potential for this partnership to herald the next generation of wearable devices and deliver a complete lifecycle of patient care.”
More information about Rockley’s digital health monitoring solution is available here: https://rockleyphotonics.com/healthcare-sensing.
