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As ZDNet reports, some recent LinkedIn profile updates indicate that Apple has hired biomedical engineers from companies including Vital Connect, Sano Intelligence, O2 Medtech and Masimo. These companies manufacture devices that monitor respiratory functions, heart rate and body temperature. What might the biomedical monitoring functions of iWatch mean for the regular consumer? Many of the companies Apple seems to be hiring from have far broader and deeper goals than telling people what their heart rate is. Vital Connect is planning to integrate its HealthPatch technology into hospital emergency room admissions, possible surgeries and dispatch routines. If this goal is realized, it would be nothing short of a revolution in the United States healthcare system since it would introduce the idea of continuous,