MinYang Biochemical Technology

What MinYang Biochemical Technology does

MinYang Biochemical Technology (MING YOUNG BIOMEDICAL CORP) is a privately held Taiwanese company founded in August 2002 in Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, that develops wearable physiological monitoring products built on a proprietary textile-sensor platform. The core technology treats fabrics as circuit boards, weaving conductive yarns into garments so that ordinary-looking clothing — shirts, pajamas, shoes, socks, belts, and lingerie — can continuously detect ECG/heart rate, respiration, body temperature, gait, and posture, with a detachable control box containing an accelerometer transmitting data via Bluetooth to phones or computers. The company also markets a separate automated nasogastric feeding system with integrated cardiac and respiratory monitoring for medical facilities.

The firm monetizes primarily through direct sales of its smart garments to consumers via the my-cares.com e-commerce storefront and to institutional buyers (hospitals, long-term care facilities, sports and occupational-safety organizations) via direct engagement at international trade shows including CES Las Vegas, CES Asia, Medica Düsseldorf, IFAI EXPO, and the Shenzhen Smart Textile Exhibition. A secondary revenue avenue is patent licensing and technology authorization, which the company explicitly invites from international partners. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and inquiries are directed to email or phone.

MinYang is led by founder Dr. Yang as Chairman and CEO and sustains a multidisciplinary R&D team spanning medicine, electronics, medical engineering, information, communications, motors, plastics, and textiles. The company holds 14 patents — both granted and pending — across the United States, China, Japan, Europe, Korea, Australia, and India covering fabric-as-circuit-board architecture, separable sensitive areas, fabric-based strain gauges, ECG and respiration monitoring methods, gait analysis, cloth electronization, and electrode-contact detection. No institutional investors, parent companies, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or leadership changes are evidenced in the source data.

Name

MinYang Biochemical Technology

Legal name

MING YOUNG BIOMEDICAL CORP

Website

https://my-cares.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MinYang Biochemical Technology is a privately held Taiwanese firm founded in 2002 that develops washable, textile-sensor smart garments — ECG shirts, breath belts, gait shoes and socks, pajamas, and body-temperature shirts — for continuous physiological monitoring of consumers, healthcare institutions, and occupational-safety users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wearable Health Monitoring Devices

NAICS

Apparel Manufacturing (315), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845), Knitting Mills (2250), Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Wearable-Integrated & Smart Performance Apparel (CRAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Health Wearables & Fitness Trackers (Wellness Monitoring) (HLAHACAJ), Health Monitoring Wearables (ECG, BP, SpO2, CGM-compatible) (CRACAIAF), Medical & Hygiene Technical Textiles (Gauze/Drapes/Wipes/Barrier Fabrics) (IMAOADAD)

Keywords

• Smart textile wearables
• Wearable ECG monitoring
• Physiological monitoring garments
• Textile sensor clothing
• Medical wearable devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Miaoli

HQ country

Taiwan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Smart Wearable Garment Sales: MinYang sells smart textile products (ECG shirts, breath shirts/belts, gait shoes/socks, pajamas, body temperature shirts, smart lingerie) directly to consumers and healthcare institutions through its e-commerce platform. Products are sold as durable goods with detachable control boxes. The company also sells the Automatic NG Feeding System to medical facilities.
2. Patent Licensing and Technology Authorization: MinYang holds global patents across China, US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, and India for wearable technology applications. The company explicitly welcomes international customers to cooperate on patent technology and authorization, indicating licensing of proprietary textile sensor IP as a revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MinYang Biochemical Technology (MING YOUNG BIOMEDICAL CORP) manufactures and sells smart textile wearable products that embed physiological sensors directly into ordinary-looking garments. The portfolio includes ECG/heart rate shirts and pajamas, breath shirts and belts, gait shoes and socks, body temperature shirts, smart lingerie, and an automated NG feeding system, all powered by proprietary conductive-yarn textile sensors and a detachable Bluetooth control box.

Product overview

MinYang Biochemical Technology offers a portfolio of wearable smart textile products for physiological monitoring. The core product line consists of smart garments embedded with textile sensors — Breath Shirt/Belt, ECG Shirt, ECG Pajamas, Body Temperature Shirt, Gait Shoes and Socks, and Jessie Flashy Lingerie — all using the company's textile-as-circuit-board technology. The NG Feeding System represents a separate medical device. All smart garments connect to a detachable control box that transmits data via Bluetooth to smartphones or computers for real-time monitoring and analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breath Shirt / Belt
• ECG (Heart Rate) Shirt
• Gait Shoes and Socks
• ECG (Heart Rate) Pajamas
• Body Temperature Shirt
• Jessie Flashy Lingerie
• Safety Automatic NG Feeding System

Quantifiable outcome

• Continuous 24-hour ECG and heart rate monitoring without discomfort
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sensoria Health: Sensoria develops smart socks, garments and footwear sensors for gait, rehab and fitness monitoring — a direct functional overlap with MinYang's Gait Shoes and Socks and the broader textile-pressure-sensor IP.
• AiQ Smart Clothing: AiQ is a Taiwan-based competitor integrating conductive yarns and electronics into apparel for sports, healthcare and industrial safety — directly comparable geographically and technologically to MinYang's smart-textile wearable platform.
• Myant (Skiin): Myant's Skiin platform embeds biometric sensors into everyday garments for continuous ECG, temperature and motion monitoring, paralleling MinYang's textile-as-circuit-board architecture and washable garment approach across healthcare and consumer segments.
• Hexoskin: Hexoskin makes smart shirts with embedded textile ECG, respiratory and activity sensors for continuous health and fitness monitoring — directly comparable to MinYang's ECG shirts and breath shirts in both product form factor and target use cases (sports, clinical research, remote monitoring).

Broad incumbents

• Apple (Apple Watch): Apple Watch offers FDA-cleared ECG, SpO2, temperature and fall detection on a globally distributed consumer platform — a broad incumbent whose continuous-monitoring roadmap overlaps directly with MinYang's positioning in personal health management.
• Garmin: Garmin's sports and fitness wearables (with heart-rate, respiration, body battery and sleep tracking) compete with MinYang's sports/fitness segment, particularly for athletes and outdoor users who need rugged, washable monitoring.
• Fitbit / Google: Fitbit (now under Google) sells consumer fitness and health wearables with heart-rate, ECG and sleep tracking at massive scale, competing for the same continuous-monitoring user MinYang targets in the consumer wellness segment.

Emerging players

• SmartLife Inc. SmartLife Inc. develops biometric smart garments and washable textile sensors for sports, health and military applications — a niche emerging player with overlapping textile-sensor IP and continuous-monitoring positioning to MinYang.
• Empatica: Empatica makes medical-grade wearable sensors (EpiMonitor, Embrace) for continuous ECG, EDA and motion monitoring in clinical and epilepsy applications — overlapping with MinYang's continuous-monitoring value proposition but using a wrist-worn form factor.
• Wearable X: Wearable X (Nadi X smart yoga pants) integrates textile sensors and haptics into apparel — an emerging smart-apparel peer that, like MinYang's Jessie Flashy Lingerie and gait garments, explores consumer-facing textile-electronic integration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mycares.tw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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