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CareWear Brings Printed Electronics to Wearable Therapeutics Field

Company’s light therapy products are used by numerous pro sports leagues for soft tissue injuries, with more opportunities to come.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

In recent years, medical specialists have realized that the use of light therapy known as PhotoBioModulation can provide specific health benefits. For example, red lights stimulate healing, while blue lights kill bacteria and increase blood flow. The goal is to create systems that can bring all of these benefits to the consumer market, tailoring it to specific needs.   CareWear Corp., Reno, NV, is doing just that, having developed the first wearable, wireless, FDA-registered LED light patche...

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