Kyocera has developed a tiny optical sensor to measure blood flow volume in subcutaneous tissue, meant to be integrated into a phone or wearable. Potential applications include monitoring stress and preventing dehydration, heat stroke, and altitude sickness.
The device will be used in/on an ear, finger or forehead, to measure the velocity-driven frequency of reflected light within blood vessels. The sensor utilizes the relative shift in frequency and the strength of the reflected light to determine blood-flow volume.
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