Health Research & Professional Solutions

Health research is an important part of Hexoskin's fabric. Since 2006, part of our mission is to build a community of professionals and researchers who use Hexoskin for connected health projects. Today thousands of professionals & researchers around the world are using the Hexoskin Connected Health Platform for health research, clinical development, security & defense, sports & fitness, space projects. Our user base is growing at a fast pace and uses Hexoskin in several Therapeutic Areas such as Cardiology, Respiratory, Neurology, Mental Disorders, and Pediatrics to name a few.

The Hexoskin Connected Health Platform offers Body-Worn Sensors, Technology Solutions, and Data Analytics to support projects of any sizes.

Hexoskin offers the only clinically validated system that allows precise ECG cardiac monitoring with lung function and activity monitoring over the long-term. We offer a complete end-to-end solution for connected health and professional applications.

Our patented products, software, and data analytics provide the communication tools to help doctors, nurses, and caregivers improve the standards of care for outpatients. Hexoskin is a cost-effective solution to reduce the frequency of patient travel to a care facility and to allow long-term remote monitoring of subjects in their daily activities.

Before you start planning your project, contact us to learn more about how Hexoskin can support you. You can also take a look at our Quick Start page and FAQ.

Hexoskin Smart Shirts Specifications

Cardiac sensors

ECG (1 channel, 256Hz)
Heart Rate: 30-220 BPM, 1Hz
QRS event detection: 4ms resolution
RR intervals: 4ms resolution
HRV analysis
Quality assessment channels:

Disconnection detection
50-60Hz noise detection
Saturated ECG signal detection
Movement artifact detection
RRintervals reliability detection

Breathing sensors

Breathing (2 channels, 128Hz)
Breathing Rate: 3-80 BPM, 1Hz
Tidal Volume (last inspiration), 80mL-10L, 1Hz
Minute Ventilation, 2-150 L/min, 1Hz
Inspiration and Expiration Events, 8ms resolution
Quality assessment channels:

Disconnection detection
Noise detection
Baseline change detection

Movement sensors

Acceleration (3 channels, 64Hz, +/-16g range, 0.004g resolution)
Activity level 1Hz (0.004g resolution, sensitivity > 0.027g)
Step counting: 30-240 SPM, reported every step
Cadence 1Hz (30-240 SPM)
Energy expenditure estimate (kCal)

Peer Reviews

Validation of the Hexoskin wearable vest during lying, sitting, standing and walking activities
Villar, R et al. 2015 Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
"The Hexoskin wearable vest was a valid and consistent tool to monitor activities typical of daily living such as different body positions (lying, sitting, and standing) and various speeds of walking." Read the abstract here.

MS-QI: A Modulation Spectrum-Based ECG Quality Index for Telehealth Applications.
Tobon Vallejo, D. et al. 2014 Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Volume PP, Issue 99
"Experimental results showed the proposed index outperforming two conventional benchmark quality measures, particularly in the scenarios involving recorded data in real-world environments." Read the abstract here

Evaluating a Potential Commercial Tool for Healthcare Application for People with Dementia
T. Banerjee et al. 2015
"As mentioned earlier, one of the most promising sensors to monitor the patient is the Hexoskin vest. (...) In this work, we present a systematic study and a much deeper understanding of various physiological observations collected from Hexoskin. (...) The Hexoskin has shown strong promise as a sensor platform for detecting changes in activity and behavioral patterns." Read the full study here

Independent Reviews

Efficacy of a Smart Textile Shirt: Developing a Sleep Health Screening Tool for Military Populations
Naval Health Research Center, Warfighter Performance Department, San Diego, CA
Elizabeth M. Harrison, PhD; Sara C. Bessman, MS; Rachel R. Markwald, PhD; Marcus K. Taylor, PhD; Gena L. Glickman, PhD - 2015
"The (Hexoskin) smart textile shirt shows promise as an alternative for sleep health assessment compared with standard polysomnography and/or actigraphy. (...) Further investigations, including epoch-by-epoch analyses and development of independent algorithms, are currently underway."
See the poster here

Managing multiple users

If you plan on using Hexoskin with multiple subjects, please have a look at these instructions on how to manage their accounts and data.
Make sure your subjects follow these tutorial videos on how to wear the garment and avoid damaging it

Data Analysis Software

We recommend using VivoSense advanced physiological data analysis software to visualize the data collected by Hexoskin. VivoSense's 400+ customers include organizations like the Mayo Clinic, the Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and US Army and Air Force research labs. It allows you to import and export of data, batch processing, and to produce ready-to-publish graphs of your result. Learn more about VivoSense with Hexoskin.