MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.2 No.5

Acquisition
Keriton: Soft/SaaS, Neonatal, Pediatric Feeding Management – Spring House, PA
Natus Sensory: Diagnostic, Audio, Balance, Vision – Schaumburg, IL

Natus Sensory Acquires Keriton to Expand Connected Newborn Care Portfolio

Acquisition
HippoAI: AI, Soft/SaaS, Clinical Decision Support
Arya Health: AI, Soft/SaaS. EMR – Vancouver, BC

Arya Health Announces Acquisition of HippoAI to Accelerate AI-Driven Clinical Decision Support

The Cs

Dental Intelligence: Soft/SaaS, Practice Performance, Dental – Pleasant Grove, UT

Scott Johnson – CEO (Joining)

Dental Intelligence Appoints Scott Johnson as CEO

Cleveland Diagnostics: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Prostate Cancer, Urology – Cleveland, OH

Michael Iskra – CEO (Joining)

Michael Iskra Appointed CEO of Cleveland Diagnostics to Drive Strategic & Accelerated Growth Following FDA Approval of Its IsoPSA Assay

SimBioSys: 3D spatial visualizations, Breast Cancer – Chicago, IL

Senthil Periaswamy – CAO – AI & CTO – Technology (Joining)

SimBioSys Appoints Senthil Periaswamy as Chief AI & Technology Officer

HURC: Soft/SaaS, Centralized Utilization Review – Short Hills, NJ

Kevin Coloton – CEO (Joining)

HURC Appoints New CEO and Demonstrates Proven Capabilities of Its Tech-Enabled Services That Transform Hospital Middle-Revenue Cycle Operations

Nami Surgical: Procedural Device, Robotic Procedures, Ultrasonic Scalpel – Glasgow, Scotland

Nikki Palfrey – CEO (Joining)

Ultrasonic Surgery Specialist Nami Appoints Nikki Palfrey as CEO and Completes Latest Investment Round

NeuroEM: Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – Tampa, FL

W. Scott Burgin, MD – CMO – Medical (Joining)

NeuroEM Therapeutics(R) Appoints Dr. W. Scott Burgin as Chief Medical Officer

Board Members

BrainCheck: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Cognitive Function – Austin, TX

Liz Kwo, MD – Board Member (Joining)

Dr. Liz Kwo Joins BrainCheck Board of Directors

Forma Medical: Procedural Device, Foot & Ankle Surgery, Podiatric Surgery – Hummelstown, PA

Aaron Smith – Board Member (Joining)

Forma Medical Announces Strategic Focus on OptimalMTP™, Issuance of Key Methods Patent, and Appointment of Aaron Smith to Board of Directors

Invenio Imaging: Imaging, Tissue, Histology – Santa Clara, CA

Adrian Whitford – Board Member (Joining)
Biao He – Board Member (Joining)
John Seamans – Board Member (Joining)

Invenio Imaging Appoints Adrian Whitford as Independent Board Director and Welcomes Biao He (Oak BioCapital) and John Seamans (Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund) to its Board

Funding

Tandem: AI, Soft/SaaS, Prescription Processing – New York, NY

Accel to lead $100M for healthcare AI Tandem at unicorn level

SamanTree Medical: Imaging, Tissue, Surgical – Lausanne, Switzerland

EIB Provides €20 Million in Financing to SamanTree Medical for Real-Time Microscopy for Surgical Procedures

Implantica: Procedural Device, GI, GERD – Zug, Switzerland

Implantica announces major public tender wins in Italy securing over EUR 1.2 million funding for RefluxStop®

Turbett Surgical: Surgical Instrument Pods – Henrietta, NY

Turbett Surgical Announces Recapitalization and Growth Investment by J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital

Imbed Biosciences: Wound Matrix, Wound Care – Middleton, WI

BioLab Holdings Announces Investment in Advanced Synthetic Antimicrobial -Tissue Regeneration Solutions

Nami Surgical: Procedural Device, Robotic Procedures, Ultrasonic Scalpel – Glasgow, Scotland

Ultrasonic Surgery Specialist Nami Appoints Nikki Palfrey as CEO and Completes Latest Investment Round

CraniUS Therapeutics: Implantable, Drug Delivery, Brain – Baltimore, MD

CraniUS Therapeutics Closes $20 Million Series B Round to Advance NeuroPASS™ Platform Towards Future Commercialization

Prenosis : AI, Diagnostic, Precision Med, Pharmaceutical – Chicago, IL

Prenosis Announces $20M BARDA Contract and $20M Series A Financing Round, Advancing Mission to Deliver Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Regulatory

Approval
Spine Innovation: Implant, Spine, Spine Surgery – Coronado, CA

Spine Innovation Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for LOGIC™ Titanium Expandable Interbody System

Approval
HighLife: Implant, Transcatheter Heart Valve, Interventional Cardiology – Paris, France

HighLife Receives CE Mark Approval for its TMVR Solution

Approval
ABANZA: Implant, Soft Tissue Fixation, Sports Med Surgery – Pamplona, Spain

ABANZA Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for QuadLock™ Fixation System for ACL Reconstruction

Approval
Seno Medical: AI, Imaging, Ultrasound, Cancer Diagnostic – San Antonio, TX

Seno Medical’s Next-Generation Imagio® Imaging System Obtains European Union (EU) Medical Device Regulation (MDR) CE Mark Certification

Approval
eMurmur: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Heart Murmur, Cardiology – Ottawa, ON

eMurmur’s Open Medical AI Receives FDA Clearance, Enabling Murmur Detection Across Digital Stethoscope Models and Third-Party Software

Approval
NEXTBIOMEDICAL: Procedural Devices, Hemostasis, Embolic – Yeonsu-gu, South Korea

NEXTBIOMEDICAL Secures Health Canada Approval for Nexsphere-F™ in Musculoskeletal Pain Embolization

Submittal
GRAIL: ML. Diagnostic, Multi-Cancer, Precision Med, Oncology – Menlo Park, CA

GRAIL Submits FDA Premarket Approval Application for the Galleri® Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test

Product News

Zelis: Soft/SaaS, Reimbursement – Boston, MA

Zelis® Introduces ZAPP Edge℠ to Modernize Healthcare Provider Payments

Clinical Trials/Studies

Natera: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Genetic Testing, Oncology, Women’s Health, Transplant – Austin, TX

Prospera™ Featured in Landmark Interventional Study Advancing Lung Transplant Care

Aesyra: Digital, Device, Dental, Sleep Bruxism – Lausanne, Switzerland

Aesyra Demonstrates Significant Sleep Bruxism Reduction in Clinical Study

Myra Vision: Procedural Device, Ophthalmic Surgery, Glaucoma – Campbell, CA

First Patient Treated in Myra Vision’s U.S. ADAPT Clinical Study for Glaucoma

AISAP: AI, Soft/SaaS, Ultrasound, Diagnostic, Cardiovascular – Tel Aviv. Israel

New Peer-Reviewed Study Validates AISAP’s AI Ability to Detect Major Heart Disease from a Single Ultrasound View

Tempus AI: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Cardiology, Clinical Assistant – Chicago, IL

Tempus Reveals Its AI-Driven IPS Test More Accurately Predicts Immunotherapy Benefit Compared to Conventional Biomarkers

Hyperfine: AI, Imaging, MRI, Portable – Guilford, CT

Hyperfine Announces Publication of Breakthrough Clinical Data Demonstrating the Swoop® System’s Enhanced Stroke Detection Capabilities

Burl Concepts: Imaging, Ultrasound, Neurovascular – San Diego, CA

BURL CONCEPTS ANNOUNCES FIRST HUMAN USES OF FOQUS™ ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR PATENT FORAMEN OVALE (PFO) DETECTION

Natera: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Genetic Testing, Oncology, Women’s Health, Transplant – Austin, TX

Natera Announces Completion of Enrollment in Randomized ACES-EMB Trial in Heart Transplantation

Sensible Medical: Diagnostic, RPM, Pulmonary Congestion Assessment – Netanya, Israel

ReDS-SAFE HF II Trial Initiated – Large Randomized Controlled Study to Expand Evidence for ReDS-Guided Heart Failure Management

RevBio: Procedural Device, Osteoconductive Bone Adhesive, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery – Lowell, MA

FDA Greenlights RevBio’s Pivotal Clinical Trial for its Cranial Flap Bone Glue

Sunrise Group: AI, Diagnostic, Sleep Apnea – New York, NY

New Study Shows Sunrise’s AI-Powered Measure of Respiratory Effort, REMOV, Better Reflects OSA Symptoms Than Traditional PSG Metrics

Phraxis: Procedural Device, Interventional, Endovascular, Venous Anastomosis – Minneapolis, MN

Phraxis Announces First Post-Approval Study Procedure with EndoForce™ Anastomotic Connector at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

CathVision: Software/SaaS, Workflow, E-P Lab – Copenhagen, Denmark

CathVision Demonstrates Clinical Progress in Pulsed Field Ablation With PFAnalyzer – Advancing Lesion Assessment and Restoring Electrogram-Driven Electrophysiology

Eko Health: AI, Diagnostic, Cardiology, Pulmonary – Emeryville, CA

The Lancet Publishes TRICORDER Study: Real-World Evaluation Shows Increased Detection When Eko AI-Enabled Stethoscopes Are Used in Primary Care

ScreenPoint Medical: AI, Imaging, Breast, Breast Cancer – Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The Lancet publishes final results from the first randomized controlled trial in Breast AI

Patents

Forma Medical: Procedural Device, Foot & Ankle Surgery, Podiatric Surgery – Hummelstown, PA

Forma Medical Announces Strategic Focus on OptimalMTP™, Issuance of Key Methods Patent, and Appointment of Aaron Smith to Board of Directors

Legal Battles

Health Gorilla: Soft/SaaS, Data Interchange – Coral Gables, FL
Epic Systems: Soft/SaaS, HER – Verona, WI

Health Gorilla Releases Statement in Response to Epic Lawsuit

This & That

Centauri Health Solutions: Soft/SaaS, Pt. Care Coordination, Info Access – Phoenix, AZ

Centauri Health Solutions Achieves HITRUST r2 Certification, Reinforcing Its Commitment to Trusted Healthcare Data Protection

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