Akervall Technologies has released SISU Sense, a smart mouthguard and accompanying mobile app that is able to track and measure head impacts in contact sports. The company launched the product at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
Akervall’s patented Hit Sense technology includes a microchip sensor embedded in the left side of the mouthguard next to where an athlete’s upper rear molars would be. The sensor measures the force of hits to the head experienced by an athlete, since the teeth in the upper jaw are rigidly connected to movement of the skull. The chip wirelessly transmits data to a mobile app and divides registered collisions into two categories—“minor hits” and “major hits”—based on the measured force of impact.