According to research company ABI Research, wearable health devices that form the category of Wearable Healthcare, which includes medical wearable electronics and various fitness gadgets that allow you to monitor physical activity and well-being, now provide $ 6.8 billion in revenue from the total turnover of portable electronics market at $ 25 billion. Analysts believe that in the future such devices will be the dominant type of portable electronics and by 2022 will bring about $ 10 billion in revenue.

Wearable devices for health will go beyond traditional smart-watches and fitness trackers, experts are sure.

In place of today's rather cumbersome gadgets will come ultra-thin and ultra-flexible on-board sensors that will make wearable electronics even more intelligent and useful.

The sensors will be integrated into small patches that will be attached directly to the human skin to continuously collect vital signs and other biometric data of the user. As an example, the experts cited the already existing Rotex electronic tattoos and flexible sensors and displays Royole.