Omron releases open API, invites mobile app developers to collaborate

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Omron Healthcare on Thursday announced the release of the Omron Application Program Interface and invited mobile app developers to participate in open-source collaboration.

"Omron's mission is a world with zero heart attacks and strokes," stated Ranndy Kellogg, president and CEO Omron Healthcare. "We know that in a digital age, achieving that mission means making technology for heart health more mobile, more connected and more responsive to consumer lifestyles than ever before. By opening our API, we invite developers to help change behaviors to promote heart health."

With the open API, developers can connect to and interact with Omron APIs using HTTPS-based request/response scenario-supported programming language and platforms. To build a productive environment of collaboration, developers are now able to access and integrate valuable, multidimensional data on market and technology advancements from Omron.

In order to access the API, end users must create an account for Omron Wellness, which will then send data to any partner app connected through the API via a cloud data transfer.

Omron's open API for native and client-side applications features OAuth 2.0 protocol, Open ID Connect, secure communication between platforms, free access to Omron's staging and production environments and on-demand polling and pulling of data.

The API will be compatible with the following Omron products: BP761N, BP761CANN, BP786N, BP786CANN, BP653, BP654, HJ-327Tbulk, HJ-323U, HJ-342U, HJ-322U and HJ-720ITC.

The open API will be conducted in accordance with Omron's privacy policies and protections, the company stated.