What is textile ECG, and who makes it?

Textile ECG is electrocardiogram sensing from dry electrodes knitted into a garment or band, instead of adhesive gel pads. MyantX has developed several textile-ECG configurations — chest, torso, and waist — and evaluated specific electrode materials and constructions against gel-electrode references.

How does textile ECG compare to gel electrodes?

In one identified study, conductive-elastomeric-filament textile electrodes recorded ECG comparable in signal fidelity to gel-electrode ECG, and after 30 wash-and-dry cycles the signal's frequency distribution remained similar to pre-wash (r² = 0.93). In a separate pediatric pilot, heart rate matched reference ECG within 3.6–3.8% NRMSE. These results are specific to the tested electrode materials, constructions, and protocols.

Do the electrodes need gel or adhesive?

No. They are dry electrodes — the conductive knit contacts the skin directly, so there is nothing to apply, dry out, or replace.

How wash-durable is it?

Wash durability is measured per construction: CEF electrodes held ECG signal quality after 30 wash/dry cycles, and PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre electrodes were tested to 60 machine washes. The cycle count and protocol differ by construction and study.

Textile ECG

Continuous heart monitoring from a garment you simply wear — no gel, no adhesive, no clinic.

A knitted SKIIN chest band reading live ECG, with the trace on a tablet alongside

How it's used today

Chest / torso garment

Continuous ECG, heart rate, and HRV from a worn garment.

Product & research implementations

Waist band

Multi-location ECG with motion-robust R-peak detection.

Research implementation

Pediatric garment

Sized for children; heart-rate accuracy demonstrated across posture and activity.

Demonstrated in a 20-participant pilot

The heart's signal, read straight from the fabric

A knitted garment becomes a continuous cardiac monitor — reading the same heart signal (ECG) a clinical gel-electrode captures, from dry electrodes in the fabric, with no adhesive pads to apply or replace.

How it's built

From the skin-side knit to the electronics that read it — the layers behind the capability.

Interface location: Chest, torso, or waist — against the skin from inside the garment or band.
Sensing element: Dry knitted electrodes: conductive-elastomeric-filament, PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre, or silver/carbon yarn.
Textile construction: 3D-knit or seamless-knit electrode zones, produced on industrial knitting machines.
Electronics boundary: Textile electrode + interconnect to a removable sensing module; signal processing tuned for low-SNR textile data.

The SKIIN connected garment kit — chest band and removable Pods

In market

The sensing behind SKIIN™, our clinical-grade cardiac wearable

SKIIN™ is Health Canada Class II licensed, with FDA clearance pending — worn by people through Myant Health and by animals through Myant Animal Sciences.

SKIIN™ product family

What the research shows

Independent studies — each result, and exactly what it covers.

View all ECG research

3D-knit CEF electrodes
View study
Result
ECG comparable in signal fidelity to gold-standard gel electrodes; after 30 wash/dry cycles the signal's frequency distribution remained similar to pre-wash (r² = 0.93).
Tested
ECG from conductive-elastomeric-filament electrode materials, against gold-standard gel electrodes.
Scope & limitation
Specific CEF electrode materials and a laboratory protocol. A signal-quality correlation is not, by itself, a claim of universal waveform accuracy, diagnosis, or clinical equivalence.
PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre electrodes
View study
Result
60 machine washes with no deterioration in ECG performance.
Tested
3D textile electrodes knitted from roll-to-roll PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre, machine-washed.
Scope & limitation
A distinct coated-fibre construction and durability protocol — separate from the CEF study above.
Pediatric garment (SKIIN™)
View study
Result
NRMSE of 3.8 ± 3.0% (healthy) and 3.6 ± 3.7% (heart-disease group); all participants found it non-irritating.
Tested
Heart rate from the SKIIN™ textile device vs reference ECG in 20 children, across posture and activity.
Scope & limitation
A 20-participant pilot measuring heart-rate accuracy — not full diagnostic ECG.

3D-knit CEF electrodes
View study
Result
ECG comparable in signal fidelity to gold-standard gel electrodes; after 30 wash/dry cycles the signal's frequency distribution remained similar to pre-wash (r² = 0.93).
Tested
ECG from conductive-elastomeric-filament electrode materials, against gold-standard gel electrodes.
Scope & limitation
Specific CEF electrode materials and a laboratory protocol. A signal-quality correlation is not, by itself, a claim of universal waveform accuracy, diagnosis, or clinical equivalence.
PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre electrodes
View study
Result
60 machine washes with no deterioration in ECG performance.
Tested
3D textile electrodes knitted from roll-to-roll PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre, machine-washed.
Scope & limitation
A distinct coated-fibre construction and durability protocol — separate from the CEF study above.
Pediatric garment (SKIIN™)
View study
Result
NRMSE of 3.8 ± 3.0% (healthy) and 3.6 ± 3.7% (heart-disease group); all participants found it non-irritating.
Tested
Heart rate from the SKIIN™ textile device vs reference ECG in 20 children, across posture and activity.
Scope & limitation
A 20-participant pilot measuring heart-rate accuracy — not full diagnostic ECG.

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What is textile ECG, and who makes it?
Textile ECG is electrocardiogram sensing from dry electrodes knitted into a garment or band, instead of adhesive gel pads. MyantX has developed several textile-ECG configurations — chest, torso, and waist — and evaluated specific electrode materials and constructions against gel-electrode references.
How does textile ECG compare to gel electrodes?
In one identified study, conductive-elastomeric-filament textile electrodes recorded ECG comparable in signal fidelity to gel-electrode ECG, and after 30 wash-and-dry cycles the signal's frequency distribution remained similar to pre-wash (r² = 0.93). In a separate pediatric pilot, heart rate matched reference ECG within 3.6–3.8% NRMSE. These results are specific to the tested electrode materials, constructions, and protocols.
Do the electrodes need gel or adhesive?
No. They are dry electrodes — the conductive knit contacts the skin directly, so there is nothing to apply, dry out, or replace.
How wash-durable is it?
Wash durability is measured per construction: CEF electrodes held ECG signal quality after 30 wash/dry cycles, and PEDOT:PSS-coated fibre electrodes were tested to 60 machine washes. The cycle count and protocol differ by construction and study.

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