BioHarness™ integrates patented Smart Fabric sensor technology into a garment that is comfortable and unobtrusive. It captures comprehensive physiological data on the wearer, eliminating the need for multiple devices. The robust BioHarness™ enables genuine real world monitoring of human performance and condition – giving you a vital advantage.
BioHarness™ applications
BioHarness™ has applications in any field requiring high-level wireless physiological monitoring, including research, training and real-time response situations.
BioHarness™ advantage
BioHarness™ can be worn in virtually any environment, from combat situations to the sports field. It maintains performance under extreme activity. Offering fast, accurate collection and analysis of high-quality, in-depth data, BioHarness is the definitive product for physiological monitoring out in the field.
Sports
BioHarness™ offers a critical advantage in boosting performance and preventing injury by measuring improvements in technique and response – both over time and in real time. Remote and group monitoring capability offers greater training options. Ideal for sports such as biathlon, etc.
Health and wellness
BioHarness™ enables enhanced preventative care, enables effective tracking of rehabilitation success and provides accurate, quality data for in-patient and ambulatory patient status monitoring.
Academic and research
BioHarness™ enables genuine field-based research – allowing previously unavailable research avenues to be explored, and helps achieve greater insights through analysis of quality, in-depth data.
BioHarness™ benefits
Simultaneous monitoring of heart rate, breathing rate and depth, skin temperature, activity and posture.
- Obtain in-depth comprehensive information
- Eliminates requirement for multiple garments
- Cost-effective
Smart Fabric-based, dry contact strap
- Unobtrusive - no impediment to wearer
- Comfortable over long periods
- Washable
Robust
- Signal and data quality maintained in extreme movement environments
Real-time or logged monitoring
- Allows genuine field-based studies
- Provides status information for real-time decision making
- Historical data capture enables new research avenues to be explored
Wireless data export
- Wireless data transfer eliminates tethers and performance impediments
All measurements are collected in one device, in the same format
- Significant reduction in time to collate information from separate sources
- Allows cross-measurement analysis
- All data raw data can be exported to Spreadsheet format for further analysis
30 days of continuous data storage (480 hours)
- Enables long-term remote use before analysis
Eight hour battery life, simple USB charging
- Enables continuous monitoring of long-duration activities
Download a Bioharness Brochure
Software Screen Shot with Comments

Features
- SDK Available
- Monitors heart rate, R-R
- Single pole ECG trace
- Monitors breathing rate and relative depth
- Records local skin temperature for trend analysis
- Monitors inclination in degrees from horizontal for posture reporting
- Activity measured in velocity magnitude units over pre-defined epochs for calorific analysis
- Records 3D acceleration to allow study of loading and perturbation changes
- Fabric-based, dry contacts are non-restrictive and comfortable
- Allows quantitative analysis between subjects, activity, situation and time
- Real time and trend analysis via graphical display
- Wireless connectivity
Smart Fabric Strap
Chest Strap: Adjustable, Velcro® fastening
Material: Elasticized webbing incorporating Zephyr Smart Fabric sensors
Width: 50 mm
Weight: 50 grams
Size: BioHarness ships with a medium strap (no substitutions). Additional straps are available for individual purchase or in 5 packs (one size) or 50 packs (mix sizes).
- Extra Small (custom)
- Small (26" to 32.5")
- Medium (32.5" to 39")
- Large (39" to 45.5")
- Extra Large (custom)
BioHarness Transmitter/Logger
Frequency ISM radio band (868 - 929 MHz); Frequency is software configurable for country-specific bands
Sample Rate 250 Hz Max.
Memory Capacity ~480 hours
Transmit Range Up to 100 m, environment and antenna dependent
Weight 35 grams
Dimensions 80 x 40 x 15 mm
Battery Life
~ 5 hours transmitting
~ 8 hours logging
Charging is intelligent - the device cannot be overcharged
Operating System: Windows® XP or Vista
Connectivity: USB
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BioHarness Team System (PSM Training)

Bioharness Team System Videos
BioHarness BlueTooth System Developers Kit also available.
Download the Bioharness BT brochure.
Bioharness Systems Pricing and Purchase (Canadian Dollars)
BioHarness PSM Research Multi Pack: $1499
Includes Small, Medium and Large Straps
Additional Chest Strap: $99
Bioharness BlueTooth SDK (Software Developers Kit). A non-disclosure agreement must be signed before delivery. Contact us.
Includes Small, Medium and Large Straps: $699
BioHarness PSM Training (Team System) One Person Starter Pack: $799
Includes Small, Medium and Large Straps
(Includes short range radio dongle)
BioHarness PSM Training 4 Person System: $3499
Includes 6 Straps, Long Range Antenna and Carrying Case
Inquire re pricing of Larger Size Team Packs, Additonal Persons and Accesories.