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Rune Labs gets FDA clearance for Apple Watch to track Parkinson's symptoms

13/06/2022 08:32 PM | Click to read full article

San Francisco-based startup Rune Labs on Monday said it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the Apple Watch to monitor tremors and other common symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

The Rune Labs software uses the motion sensors built into the Apple Watch, which can already be used to detect when a person falls.

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