Vital Connect is a Silicon Valley chip startup that wants to make a vital signs monitoring device in the shape and size of a Band-Aid. It already has one biosensor device called HealthPatch in the market, and it is intent on creating the most accurate health-tracking wearable in the market.

Rather than make a consumer-oriented wearable like the Apple Watch or an uncomfortable chest strap, Vital Connect thinks small. It has focused on making a device that is cheaper and more accurate because it is contained in a small patch-like device that straps like a bandage directly over your heart, where it’s easier to get better measurements. The health care industry can use something like HealthPatch, since it allows remote monitoring of people who might otherwise be staying in a hospital.

“We have a medical device that is small and unobtrusive,” said Nersi Nazari, chief executive of Campbell, California-based Vital Connect, in an interview with VentureBeat. “Our measurements are accurate and cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.”

The disposable, FDA-certified device connects wirelessly to your smartphone, where an app shows you your vitals such as steps taken, heart rate, breathing, and skin temperature (eight measurements in all). The app gives you a dashboard view of your vital signs at a glance. The company is currently shipping thousands of HealthPatch devices per month, but it has a better version coming soon.

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