Not the type of SBIR award one normally would expect to see, the offered product of the California firm - Ouraring Inc - is a biometric device: a ring worn by the User that is designed to track that person's the sleep and activity level. The ring is designed to measure key body signals: resting heart rate, body temperature, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate - to generate scores for daily sleep, activity, and readiness. Designed to provide output values for several daytime and night-time variables including daytime activity levels, naps, sleep stages, night-time movement, and sleep timing and quality, the ring is paired to the OURA app through which information is conveyed to the user and regularly backed-up to the online cloud enabling Users to compare trends and export data for further analyses.
