A new wristband can detect early infection from the flu and the common cold before symptoms even develop, new research shows.
flu virus and 18 others who were injected with rhinovirus. The rhinovirus challenge study was done in 2015, and the H1N1 challenge study was done in 2018.
Participants in both challenge studies wore the E4 wristband from the company Empatico. Those in the influenza study wore the wristband 1 day before and 11 days after being infected and those in the rhinovirus study wore the wristband for 4 days before and 5 days after infection. The E4 wristband measuresThe biosensors contained in the wristband were able to detect the H1N1 infection with an accuracy of 79% within 12 hours after infection and 92% within 24 hours, the authors report.
Twelve hours after participants had been infected, the technology was also able to predict the severity of H1N1 infection with 83% accuracy. For rhinovirus, the accuracy was slightly higher at 92% while for both viruses combined. As the authors point out, the ability to identify infection could have wide-ranging effects.
“We have a bit to go before we get there,” Steinhubl admitted, “but you could have a really big impact on the spread of any infectious disease that would be better for everybody.”
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