Smart Ring Maker’s Blood Test Service Tracks 100+ Health Stats

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Ultrahuman has launched its blood test-based health tracking service for people in the U.S., following an India launch more than a year ago.

It’s called Blood Vision, and includes two blood tests, spread out over time in order to capture the trajectory of your biomarkers, rather than just a snapshot.

The real selling point of the service, though, is what Ultrahuman calls UltraTrace. All the stats from your bloodwork report end up in Ultrahuman’s app, and are then linked to metrics collected by one of Ultrahuman’s smart rings.

The concept is not too hard to grasp. By linking your biomarkers to stats that relate to your daily behaviours, the whole blood testing process can come across more useful, more actionable.

“Tracking lifestyle biomarkers between two tests allows us establish the relationship between the biomarkers and lifestyle changes. Most people lose track of what to change between two tests, Blood Vision bridges this gap,” says Ultrahuman CEO Mohit Kumar.

Like an ever-increasing number of health and fitness platforms, Ultrahuman also uses AI-generated summaries to translate some of these insights into more digestible nuggets of info.

“By combining these markers with Ultrahuman Ring data—tracking sleep, HRV, and movement—athletes gain real-time insights into how lifestyle choices impact their performance,” reads Ultrahuman’s blog on Blood Vision.

What is Ultrahuman Blood Vision?

Absolutely loads of biomarkers are included in the blood test info. They include data points related to kidney and liver function, Thyroid profile, Stress & Ageing Markers and no fewer than 15 stats that relate to heart health.

You can check out the lot before you sign up for Blood Vision. More than 100 biomarkers are in the initial test — the exact number varies by gender a little. And the second test features fewer of them, in the ballpark of 60.

The price might sting as much as the blood test jab for some, though. Annual prices for the program start at $499, although blood tests booked alone are not cheap to start with. Those in New York will also have to pay significantly more, $799.

Blood Vision’s required blood tests can either be done at home, then sending the vial off to a phlebotomist for analysis. Or the test can be done at a Quest or Bioreference location. Perhaps surprising, at-home tests come at a slight subscription premium.

Ultrahuman suggests the second blood test is performed 3-6 months after the first. And, judging by how Ultrahuman describes this as an annual plan, the idea is you may decide to carry on for multiple years.

Ultrahuman is best known for its smart rings, the latest of which is the Ring Air, which costs $349.



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