All diagnostic tools are packaged in a shirt that is comfortable to wear.

Maxim Integrated Products has launched a new vital signs monitoring shirt that helps medical professionals to perform frequent and less costly fitness monitoring that promises to lead to more effective preventive medical care. The highly integrated shirt is said to measure 3-lead ECG, body temperature, and motion.

According to the company, the new "Fit" shirt integrates dry ECG sensor technology, complex signal processing technology, temperature sensor, motion sensor, an ultra-low-power microcontroller, and wireless electronics. The design is the result of the combined experience, expertise, and inventive synergies from three collaborating companies, Maxim Integrated, Clearbridge VitalSigns, and Orbital Research. The shirt represents a new era in preventive medical care that could reduce health care costs by up to 10x.

"Maxim is working through business relationships with companies like Clearbridge VitalSigns and Orbital Research to enable new integrated solutions that are already advancing new techniques of medical delivery," said Chris Neil, senior vice president for Maxim.