Designing the World’s Most Accurate Personal Heart Health Monitor

MindMics is a health tech startup creating innovative earbuds that measure vital signs like heart and brain activity with high accuracy, making health monitoring easier and more accessible for everyone.

The company and product

MindMics is an innovative wearable technology company. Their vision is to be the GPS for health and well-being by providing accurate, real-time biometrics through wearable sensor data.

MindMics was founded by Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist Dr Anna Barnacka, who pioneered a groundbreaking approach to collecting precise health data from within the ear. Using infrasonic hemodynography, their earbuds non-invasively capture and deliver data on heart, brain, and other physiological functions with clinical-level accuracy.

Scope and Highlights

years of collaboration

Patents Granted

CES

Innovation Award

Product Design

MVP Development

wearable Technology

The Challenge

MindMics turned to us in the early stages of growth. They needed to establish a product vision that was both achievable and profitable within a short timeframe.

The team had to work with emerging technology that, back in 2021, had not yet received medical certification, adding complexity to the development process.

Co-creating a lifestyle product powered by vital health data demanded careful balance between functionality and user appeal. Monterail’s main task was to design the iOS app in a way that ensured seamless collaboration with an external development team. A significant hurdle was also translating complex medical data into a format that was simple, intuitive, and actionable for everyday users.

Key challenges

Designing the iOS app for further collaboration.

Using technology that was yet to be medically certified.

Translating complex medical information into a simple, understandable, and actionable language for the user.

Designing the iOS app for further collaboration.

Using technology that was yet to be medically certified.

Translating complex medical information into a simple, understandable, and actionable language for the user.

The Process

A key element of the process was advanced research into the fundamental role of breathing and its impact on virtually every bodily function.

This deep understanding allowed the team to uncover unique insights that shaped the direction of the project. By leveraging users’ breathing data as a strategic asset, we were able to inform and guide future development, turning this often-overlooked biometric into a powerful tool.

MindMics Application

The Outcome

From the early stage of ideation to development-ready documentation.

The project began at the earliest stages of ideation, with nothing more than a blank page. Through close collaboration and iterative design, the team transformed initial concepts into a fully defined product vision. The result was comprehensive, development-ready documentation, enabling a smooth handoff to the external development team for implementation.

Today, MindMics platform integrates advanced hardware, data algorithms, and a user interface to address the growing need for next-generation heart health monitoring. In 2024, the company was honored with a CES Innovation Award and recognized as an Honoree in both Digital Health and Wearable Technologies. MindMics Intellectual Property includes 11 patent families, 8 patents granted and 18 other pending.