Empatica

Empatica Inc. is an MIT Media Lab spinoff company born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operating in Healthcare, providing AI-enabled tools to advance forecasting, monitoring, research, and treatment.[1] Empatica produces medical-grade wearables, software and algorithms for the collection and interpretation of physiological data.[2] Empatica's wearables, Embrace2 and E4, track physiological signals such as Heart Rate Variability, electrodermal activity, acceleration and movement, skin temperature, and autonomic arousal.[3] Embrace2 has been cleared by the FDA as a seizure alerting solution for epilepsy patients with generalized tonic-clonic seizures.[4] The E4 is used by researchers for real-time physiological data capture. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA with offices in Milan, Italy, and Seoul, South Korea.[citation needed]

Empatica Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare
FounderMatteo Lai, Maurizio Garbarino, Rosalind Picard, Simone Tognetti
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts
ProductsEmbrace2, E4 Wristband, EmbracePlus, Research Portal, Alert App, Mate App, Aria, Empatica Care
ServicesRemote Health Monitoring, Clinical Trial Platforms Development, Respiratory Infections Detection, Seizure Monitoring, Biomarkers Development
Websitehttps://www.empatica.com
  1. ^ "Empatica". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. ^ "Beyond Fitbit: The quest to develop medical-grade wearables". Reuters. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. ^ "Empatica Wristband - Social Lab - Universiteit Antwerpen". www.uantwerpen.be. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. ^ "Empatica's consumer-facing epileptic seizure-detecting wearable gets FDA clearance". MobiHealthNews. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-27.