What You Should Know: - Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with behavioral health conditions, has been granted FDA authorization to market the company’s first-of-its-kind, AI-based autism diagnosis aid – Canvas Dx. - Canvas Dx is the first diagnosis aid designed to help physicians to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in
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Bose Launches First FDA-Cleared DTC Hearing Aids
What You Should Know: - Bose is entering the digital health market launch of Bose SoundControl Hearing Aids – the first FDA-cleared, direct-to-consumer hearing aid. - Weighing 3 grams each, the new SoundControl™ Hearing Aids are developed for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. Eight batteries are included in total, and one lasts up to four days when used 14 hours daily. They can be replaced wherever hearing aid batteries are sold and easily changed via a
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Casana Raises $14M to Expand IoT Heart Health Toilet Seat
What You Should Know: - Casana raises $14M in Series A funding to pursue FDA clearance for its an IoT heart health toilet seat that captures clinically relevant measurements, including heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation, and cardiac output. Casana, previously known as Heart Health Intelligence, Inc., a healthcare technology firm that is re-inventing in-home health monitoring, today announced that it has raised $14M in Series A funding, bringing the total capital raised to
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4 Predictions for Diabetes Management and Technology in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put an unprecedented amount of strain on the entire healthcare sector, and the industry has responded by accelerating the ways innovation is developed and adopted. Health leaders have faced a generational challenge and the result has been the rapid deployment of technology to address dire patient needs. Health systems, physicians, and frontline staff pulled together in remarkable fashion to implement these emerging technologies that enhance the ways patients
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Freespira Secures $10M for FDA-Cleared Digital Therapeutic to Eliminate Panic Attacks, PTSD Symptoms
What You Should Know: - Lightspeed Venture Partners, the VC behind Nest and GrubHub, is leading a $10 million round for Freespira, an FDA-cleared digital therapeutic proven to significantly reduce or eliminate panic attacks and PTSD symptoms by training users to normalize respiratory irregularities. - In 28 days, Freespira can reduce or eliminate panic
attacks and PTSD symptoms from home with just a tablet, sensor, and custom app.
There’s no medicine with possible side effects and no need
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AliveCor Receives FDA Clearance of Next-Gen EKG Algorithms
What You Should Know: - AliveCor announced they received FDA clearance of new
algorithms for use with their personal EKG devices, KardiaMobile and
KardiaMobile 6L. These additional determinations will be available via a
software upgrade for the Kardia devices in 2021. - The additional FDA-cleared algorithms double the number
of heart rhythm disturbances that AliveCor’s Kardia devices can detect,
broadening the number of patients who are able to use their remote
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FDA Clears First-in-World Hematology App, Unlocking Potential of Diagnosis
What You Should Know: - Scopio Labs announced FDA clearance of its AI-powered
X100 microscope and decision support system with Full Field Peripheral Blood
Smear (Full Field PBS) application. - Using advanced computational photography imaging and tailored AI tools, Full Field PBS gives clinical laboratories an unprecedented ability to capture digital scans with full-field view of the monolayer and feathered edge at 100X oil immersion resolution level. - The global market for
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Tyto Care Launches AI-Powered Diagnostic Support Solution
What You Should Know: - Today, Tyto Care announced the company’s evolution from
telehealth to tele-diagnosis with its AI-powered diagnostic support solution,
providing clinicians with advanced insights for informed remote diagnoses. - The solution will improve the quality of remote triage
for common primary and chronic health issues – starting with wheezing and
stridor – grounded in Tyto Care’s industry-leading repository of remote exam
videos, sounds and images. Tyto Care, a
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Clarius Unveils Ultra-High Frequency Handheld Ultrasound Scanner
What You Should Know: - A pioneer in high definition ultrasound
miniaturization, Clarius is announcing the new high-frequency handheld
ultrasound scanner Clarius L20 HD featuring the highest definition wireless
imaging for superficial applications. - Designed to provide extremely high image quality in the near field (skin line to 4cm), the Clarius L20 HD is ideal for a variety of clinical settings including MSK, rheumatology, podiatry, plastic surgery, microsurgery, pediatric
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RADLogics Secures FDA Clearance for AI-Powered Chest X-Ray App for Triage & Prioritization
What You Should Know: - RADLogics today announced that it has secured
510(k) clearance from the FDA for the company’s novel AI-Powered chest X-ray pneumothorax application,
which identifies and prioritizes chest X-ray scans that appear
to contain a pneumothorax, a collapsed lung, for urgent radiologist review. - RADLogics’ FDA cleared CT and X-ray solutions
– including this application – are
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