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CLEVELAND — For children who have been diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), something as small as a fever could indicate something life-threatening, like an infection. In fact, blood stream infections occur in nearly 30 percent of patients undergoing this procedure with fever...

CLEVELAND — A University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (UH) study shows TempTraq®, a patented, wearable, Bluetooth® continuous temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch, can detect a rise in body temperature up to 180 minutes earlier, in a majority of patient cases, than the current standard-of-care (SOC) method of...

CLEVELAND (Jan. 10, 2018) – Yesterday, Living in Digital Times (LIDT), producers of the Baby Tech Summit at CES, along with media partner Hearst’s Good Housekeeping, announced TempTraq® as the winner in the ‘Healthy Baby’ category at the third annual The Best of Baby Tech Awards at CES® 2018. TempTraq®, the first wearable, Bluetooth® temperature monitor, continuously...

CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA (November 2017) — John Gannon, President and CEO of Blue Spark Technologies, will be sharing a wealth of insight during MEDICA’s “Patient Centered IoT Solutions” session on November 14. His session, titled, “Connected Healthcare: Wireless, Continuous Temperature Monitoring that Provides Earlier Detection of Fever for Inpatient and...

CLEVELAND (June 13, 2017) — A University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (UH) study shows TempTraq®, a patented, wearable, Bluetooth® continuous temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch, can detect a rise in body temperature up to 180 minutes earlier, in a majority of patient cases, than the current standard-of-care (SOC)...

CLEVELAND (June 1, 2017) — Blue Spark Technologies, Inc., a leader in developing thin, flexible, solutions for wearables and medical devices, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Application Serial Number 14/587626, also referred to as “body temperature...

CLEVELAND (May 2017) — TempTraq® is a wearable, Bluetooth® temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch. This FDA-cleared medical device provides continuous, real-time axillary body temperature monitoring for up to 72 hours, allowing hospitals to reach a new level of health care for people of all ages....

CLEVELAND – October 11, 2016 – When faced with a nursing shortage in the pediatric cancer unit at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr. Kevin Schwartz, Pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, knew TempTraq® could provide a valuable solution. The wearable, Bluetooth temperature monitor continuously senses, records and transmits body temperature...

CLEVELAND – August 2016 – To help parents care for sick children, even through the night, the TempTraq® wearable, Bluetooth® temperature monitor, is now available for purchase at Target, CVS, and Walgreens stores across the country. TempTraq continuously senses, records and transmits body temperature for 24 hours to a mobile device...

 CLEVELAND (January 2016) – TempTraq®, the first-ever wearable intelligent Bluetooth® temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch to continuously monitor body temperature for 24 hours, has been named a “CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree” in two categories: Fitness, Sports and Biotech; and Wearable Technologies. Powered by Blue...