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WEARABLE Spectrometer

Biosensor

Reusable Sensor

Sensor to monitor biomarkers in sweat

Consumable Plate

Microfluidic channels to direct sweat sample

Reusable Base

Gecko-inspired synthetic setae for no-adhesive attachment

What if sweat could reveal
life-saving insights?

The rise of wearable technology and personalized health sparked a bold question from Kaleidoscope’s Chief Medical Officer: could a miniaturized, sweat-based spectrometer transform cancer care? While the Engineering and Regulatory teams explored feasibility, our Industrial Design and Design Research teams envisioned a new future for health monitoring that is more human, more comfortable, and more capable of delivering better outcomes.

Wearables shouldn’t feel like
medical devices.

Our research identified a number of frustration points with current products like Apple Watch and glucose monitors, including skin irritations, sensor inaccuracies, bulkiness, and more, but also learned what improvements consumers desired including better design aesthetics (more like jewelry), soft and flexible form factors, real-time personalized notifications, and seamless integration with lifestyle. From there, we developed a conceptual map of how this technology would be used between the patient and physician; this would inform the iteration process moving forward.

Designing with nature’s logic,
not just tech’s constraints.

We pushed past the obvious, exploring wearables as headgear and wristbands to sleeves and patches, all ideally imagined for user comfort, low profile, and sleek design with textures and concepts inspired by the natural world. Our design team produced multiple variations and collaborated closely with Engineering, Regulatory, and Clinical Sciences, exploring and refining around usability, aesthetics, and medical standards to create design solutions embraced by patients.

Innovation that disappears
into routine.

Continuous wear demands near-invisibility. Our team narrowed the design into a sleek sensor ring with two simple components: a micro-suction base plate that houses the sweat-inducing electrodes and sensor window, and a reusable sensor with a sweat-inducing gel and microfluidic plate to capture and analyze the sample seamlessly.

Think bold today.
Impact lives tomorrow.

Though we are likely decades away from a commercially available wearable spectrometer for monitoring oncology patients and barriers abound, the groundwork has already begun.

Design beyond the impossible.

At Kaleidoscope Innovation, boundary-pushing is in our DNA. From health and medicine to consumer and industrial products, we’ve built a legacy of exploring what’s next. And because true innovation requires more than design, our Engineering and Regulatory Affairs teams advanced the concept of a wearable mass spectrometer along their own exploratory paths, ensuring vision is matched with feasibility.

At Kaleidoscope, “impossible” is just the beginning.

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What if sweat could reveal life-saving insights?

Wearables shouldn’t feel like medical devices.

Designing with nature’s logic, not just tech’s constraints.

Innovation that disappears into routine.