Application and prospect of wearable devices in respiratory diseases

The management of respiratory diseases is facing the dilemma of insufficient diagnosis and non-standard treatment in China. Wearable devices refer to the portable devices that have integrated various sensors into the user's clothing or accessories and can be worn all over the body. These devices designed to sense and detect physical and biochemical information from the human body, are very promising for diagnosis, management and health monitoring of respiratory diseases. This review summarizes the developing status of wearable medical devices and introduces the existing and forthcoming wearable devices designed for management of respiratory diseases and discusses the future development trend of wearable devices.