Sensing Physics
Contactless Radar Vital-Sign & Sleep Sensing
Evidence-supportedBgradePlausibility · Plausible / establishedSensing Physics Route ambientInvasiveness non-invasive
Grade attaches to the MEASUREMENT only. Three FDA-cleared products with narrow labels — and none is an acute alarm.
Origin & lineage
FDA-cleared contactless radar monitors.
Claimed mechanism
Radar (RF) senses respiration/heart-rate and sleep contactlessly.
Plausibility
Plausible / established — the measurement is validated and cleared.
Evidence — grade B
Grade attaches to the measurement only. Three cleared products (2021–2024), narrow labels, none an acute alarm.
Market
Makers: Contactless radar-monitor makers.
Models: Bedside/ceiling radar monitors.
Price: Consumer/clinical.
Kernel — keep vs set aside
Keep — real substrate
A validated, cleared contactless measurement.
Set aside — claim
Cleared for measurement, not as an acute alarm; no outcome claim beyond the measurement.
Regulatory status by jurisdiction
Registration or clearance is a market-access fact, never proof of efficacy.
| US — FDA | Three 510(k)-cleared contactless radar monitors (K231733, K202464, K223163), narrow labels. |
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| EU — MDR | — |
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| Russia | — |
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| China — NMPA | — |
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| Australia — TGA | — |
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