What You Should Know: - Clarius Mobile Health, a leading provider of high-definition wireless ultrasound systems, today announced Clarius Marketplace, a new platform that enables ultrasound innovators to bring their AI-powered software solutions to market faster by integrating with the Clarius ecosystem, which includes 10 wireless ultrasound scanners and advanced Software-as-a-Service. - Clarius members will gain access to solutions designed to streamline ultrasound training,
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Backed by $5M Grant, Butterfly Network Deploys 500 Devices to Healthcare Workers in Kenya
What You Should Know: - Butterfly Network announce the deployment of 500 Butterfly iQ+ devices, the world’s only handheld, whole-body ultrasound probe, to healthcare practitioners in Kenya to advance maternal and fetal health. - This deployment is part of a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand access to medical imaging across Sub-Saharan Africa. Why It Matters According to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa1, about 830 women
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RWJUH Opens Center for Innovation for Medical Research
What You Should Know: - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) launched a new model for medical research and innovation today at the grand opening of its Center for Innovation, located on the main campus of the hospital. - The Center for Innovation is a partnership between RWJUH and Rutgers RWJMS to bring together clinicians, researchers and private industry to invent and develop new
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AI More Accurate for Cardiac Diagnosis than Echocardiogram Assessments
What You Should Know: - In a first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial led by researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute and the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, artificial intelligence (AI) proved more successful in assessing and diagnosing cardiac function when compared to echocardiogram assessments made by sonographers. - The results, announced during a late-breaking presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022, have immediate
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EchoNous Alliance with Samsung for AI-Guided Ultrasound
What You Should Know: - EchoNous, a company delivering AI-enabled handheld ultrasound capable of producing diagnostic-quality images, forms an alliance with Samsung that enables its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Kosmos platform run on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro tablets (models 12.0 and higher). - Made possible through the EchoNous/Samsung alliance, this new compatibility will lower the overall price point of the Kosmos platform, which already costs tens of thousands of dollars less than
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Caption Health, Heartbeat Health Partner to Provide Access to Cardiac Care
What You Should Know: - Caption Health and Heartbeat Health today announced a partnership that will enable providers to offer their patients earlier access to cardiovascular care than ever before possible. - Together, the partners are increasing access to early cardiac evaluations and care by providing these two innovations as a value-based bundle for health providers, payers, and value-based care organizations. Improving Access To Cardiac Care Limited access to cardiac diagnosis and
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Exo Acquires Medo to Make Ultrasounds Simple and Accessible
What You Should Know: - Exo, a health information and devices company, today has announced it has acquired Medo, an FDA-cleared AI platform that makes ultrasound workflow faster, more reliable, and accessible to all. - By integrating Medo’s AI, Exo enables more caregivers in more settings to capture and interpret medical images – allowing faster and more accurate diagnoses and treatment. Make Medical Imaging as Easy as Snapping a Smartphone Photo Ultrasound imaging is
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Oncoustics Raises $5M for AI-Driven Point-of-Care Diagnostics
What You Should Know: - Oncoustics, San Francisco, CA-based ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding to advance its SaMD (software as a medical device) technology for the low-cost assessment of structural diseases at the point of care. - Oncoustics’ first products will focus on liver disease, one of the fastest-growing causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. The round is co-led by Creative Ventures
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Caption Health Receives CE Mark for AI Ultrasound Tech
What You Should Know: - Caption Health, the leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) and services to improve heart ultrasound access, today announced that it has received a CE Mark for its Caption AI™ technology platform. - This certification represents the first step in making Caption Health’s industry-leading technology platform available outside the US, and highlights the company’s strong clinical and regulatory track record as it uses AI and ultrasound to deliver better cardiac
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Nomad Health Raises $105M to Expand Marketplace Beyond Travel Nurses
What You Should Know: - Nomad Health, a leading digital marketplace for temporary healthcare jobs, today announced the closing of a $105M financing co-led by Adams Street Partners and Icon Ventures. New equity investor HealthQuest Capital committed the largest sum and was joined by existing investors Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, AlleyCorp, and RRE Ventures, and new debt providers J.P. Morgan and Trinity Capital. This brings Nomad’s total funding to over $200M since its founding in
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