Under Armour (UAA, UA) filed a patent application for shoes that monitor blood pressure and potentially adjusts soles to improve blood flow for athletes with poor circulation.
Patent language: “A shoe for use by a user and for use with a communication device operable to transmit a blood pressure signal based on a detected blood pressure of the user, said shoe comprising: a sole having a top surface for supporting the foot of the user when being worn by the user; a force actuating mechanism operable to provide a force normal to said top surface of said sole, said force actuating mechanism being disposed at said sole so as to provide the force to a plantar venous plexus of the foot; a receiver operable to receive the blood pressure signal, and a controller operable to generate a control signal to control said force actuating mechanism, wherein said controller is further operable to modify the control signal based on the received blood pressure signal.”
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