Ultrahuman Ring Pro may be heading to American buyers
The Ultrahuman Ring Pro looks set to return to the U.S. market. A report from India-based The CapTable says the company has received the necessary approval from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to start selling the device in the country again.
This apparently comes after Ultrahuman made changes to the hardware. The redesign was aimed at getting around the patent dispute that had earlier stopped the company from importing its wearables into the United States.
The company had already secured FCC clearance in February. And CEO Mohit Kumar confirmed in an interview with TechCrunch a few weeks ago, that the Ring Pro was submitted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for clearance. It appears they have that approval now, although this is yet to be confirmed officially by the company.
A reported return to the american market
Federal authorities letting the Ring Pro back into the country could be a big moment for Ultrahuman. For months the company couldn’t ship fresh inventory into the country after Oura won its case at the International Trade Commission. Some existing units were still being sold, but the longer term future depended on showing that the new hardware was different enough from the designs covered by that earlier ban.
The CapTable report says a senior company executive confirmed that Customs and Border Protection has given them the green light. That likely means regulators accepted the redesigned internal setup as something that doesn’t violate the patents involved in the dispute. This kind of route isn’t unusual in tech disputes, but it can get pretty complicated. Companies basically have to prove their engineering solution avoids the specific patented methods that triggered the original import ban.
The technical shifts behind the redesign
The Ultrahuman Ring Pro is the company’s new flagship smart ring with a big focus on battery life and smarter insights. The headline change is endurance.
Ultrahuman says the ring can last up to 15 days on a single charge, which is a big jump for a device this small. The charging case adds up to another 45 days of power, so you can travel for quite a while without needing to plug anything in. The ring keeps the usual health tracking features you’d expect from a device like this, but the company says the internals are faster and more capable than before.
Software is also a big part of the pitch. Ultrahuman is pushing more AI-driven insights to help interpret your health data rather than just showing raw numbers. The Ring Pro sells for $479 (View On Ultrahuman’s website) that the brand looks very similar to earlier models on the outside, but the upgrades are mostly internal.
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