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    According to the World Health Organization, more than one in three adults suffers from hypertension, a condition which leads to 7.5 million deaths in the world each year. A major cause of strokes and heart attacks, hypertension is particularly devious, as it is often not detected in time. Developed more than a century ago, the traditional sphygmomanometer – that measures it using an armband – will at long last make way for a new technology combining comfort and reliability.
     
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    Just created, the start-up aktiia will leverage this solution to market a bracelet that can collect this precious information. Aktiia expects to put its product on the market around 2020.
     
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    “The sphygmomanometer 2.0 also aims to improve the prevention of hypertension, to better understand its causes, and to develop new approaches to treating it,” added Josep Sola, co-founder and CTO of aktiia.
     
    The development of solutions for assessing the health of astronauts during space missions is the basis for CSEM’s competencies in the monitoring of vital signs. Its technology portfolio has already enabled interesting start-ups such as AVA and Biospectal. For its CEO, Mario El-Khoury, the creation of aktiia is a logical result of 10 years of work and is a source of great satisfaction:
     
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