With the emergence of the mobile medicine, the development of smart sensing technologies and the popularization of the concept of the personalized medicine, the smart wearable devices develop at a high speed in recent years and the wearable medical devices become one of the most promising focuses. This paper reviews the latest development of several key technologies related to wearable medical devices, including the advanced materials technology, the smart sensing technology, the wireless transmission technology, the lowpower circuit design technology, the energy generation and storage technology, and the big data analysis technology. The future developing trend and the possible challenges of this field are also discussed.

wearable  /  mobile medicine  /  smart sensing  /  e-textile  /  big data