Bringing Medical Facility System Expertise to Individuals. Launching 'Vital Navi', a Remote Monitoring Service using a Specified Managed Medical Device Smartwatch
Technocraft Co., Ltd. will launch 'Vital Navi' on April 1, 2026. This remote health monitoring service utilizes a medical device-certified smartwatch with an automatic airbag cuff for accurate wrist-based blood pressure measurement, ideal for monitoring aging parents from afar.
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Technocraft Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Representative Director: Masanari Togasaka) will begin offering "Vital Navi", a solution for remote health management and vital monitoring optimized for individuals, starting April 1, 2026. This is based on knowledge gained from systems previously developed for medical institutions and nursing care facilities.
■ Background of Development: Increasing Interest in Health Management for Parents Living Apart
In recent years, an increasing number of people are giving practical healthcare devices as gifts due to growing interest in managing the health of aging parents living apart (*1).
However, conventional blood pressure monitors have faced issues such as "being troublesome to take out and hard to continue using," while inexpensive smartwatches have the issue that "they cannot measure accurate blood pressure at a medical level because they measure with green light (optical sensors)."
The "Vital Navi" offered by our company is a remote vital monitoring service that utilizes a medical device-certified smartwatch (*2) capable of measuring blood pressure at the wrist. A small airbag equipped in the watch band automatically pressurizes for measurement.
*1 Source: Comparison of "Questionnaire Survey on Father's Day (2024 Edition)" and "Questionnaire Survey on Father's Day (2025 Edition)" by Father's Day.jp
*2 Target device: HUAWEI WATCH D2 Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
Certification number: 306AGBZI00008000
■ 3 Features of "Vital Navi"
1. Fully automatic "just wear it" measurement capable of pressurizing just like an upper arm blood pressure monitor
This is a managed medical device smartwatch that can measure blood pressure at the wrist via a small airbag equipped in the band portion that automatically pressurizes. To prevent forgetting to measure daily, the cuff automatically inflates and measures blood pressure at the set times. Its feature is that it makes it easy to record daily blood pressure fluctuations, including nighttime and early morning, and is easy to continue using.
Measurement image (Pressurizes and measures at the band portion.)
■ Background of Development: Increasing Interest in Health Management for Parents Living Apart
In recent years, an increasing number of people are giving practical healthcare devices as gifts due to growing interest in managing the health of aging parents living apart (*1).
However, conventional blood pressure monitors have faced issues such as "being troublesome to take out and hard to continue using," while inexpensive smartwatches have the issue that "they cannot measure accurate blood pressure at a medical level because they measure with green light (optical sensors)."
The "Vital Navi" offered by our company is a remote vital monitoring service that utilizes a medical device-certified smartwatch (*2) capable of measuring blood pressure at the wrist. A small airbag equipped in the watch band automatically pressurizes for measurement.
*1 Source: Comparison of "Questionnaire Survey on Father's Day (2024 Edition)" and "Questionnaire Survey on Father's Day (2025 Edition)" by Father's Day.jp
*2 Target device: HUAWEI WATCH D2 Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
Certification number: 306AGBZI00008000
■ 3 Features of "Vital Navi"
1. Fully automatic "just wear it" measurement capable of pressurizing just like an upper arm blood pressure monitor
This is a managed medical device smartwatch that can measure blood pressure at the wrist via a small airbag equipped in the band portion that automatically pressurizes. To prevent forgetting to measure daily, the cuff automatically inflates and measures blood pressure at the set times. Its feature is that it makes it easy to record daily blood pressure fluctuations, including nighttime and early morning, and is easy to continue using.
Measurement image (Pressurizes and measures at the band portion.)