Apple was grated with several patents relating to smart fabric in the past week. One of them is a glove with integrated circuity and forces sensors that could connect to Apple device for monitoring blood pressure, respiration and heart rate, reported Patently Apple.

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According to the patent, Apple embeds force sensing circuity into fabrics that could sense pressure and force on the fingers and/or palm area of the glove. The glove can transmit the information collected from the circuitry to other devices for further processing and monitoring.

Non-fabric materials such as plastic, metal, glass, ceramic and crystalline materials like sapphire can also be integrated into the smart glove, providing a wider range of applications.