MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.2 No.12

The news you need on MedTech startups

Dan’s Picks

XCath : Robotics, Procedural, Telerobotic, Neurovascular Navigation – Houston, TX

XCath Makes Medical History With the World’s First Remote Robotic Intervention in a Stroke Patient

Product Launches

Aesthetic Record: Soft/SaaS, EHR, Aesthetics – Irving, TX

Aesthetic Record Launches Integration With EntityMed, an AI-Powered Aesthetic Simulation and Lead Generation Platform

Trice Medical: Equip., Orthopedic, Procedural Devices, Orthopedic Surgery, General Surgery – Malvern, PA

Trice Medical Launches Tenex® 2nd Generation Ultrasonic System, Expanding Minimally Invasive Treatment for Chronic Tendon Pain

OptraSCAN: AI, Diagnostic, Digital Pathology, Telepathology – San Jose, CA

OptraSCAN Launches HistoSiA™ Breast Pay-Per-Use: Scan, Analyze & Auto-Segregate Breast Cancer IHC Cases in One Workflow

Honest Health : Soft/Saas, Value-Based Care – Nashville, TN

Honest Health Introduces PULSE to Help Physicians and Care Teams Act Earlier on Patient Needs

Kolosis BIO: Implant, Bone Graft, Surgical Biologics – Salt Lake City, UT

Kolosis BIO® Expands Surgical Biologics Portfolio with Launch of APEXecm™

Ibex Medical Analytics: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Oncology – Tel Aviv, Israel

Ibex Medical Analytics Unveils Ibex 4, the Next-Generation AI Platform Setting a New Standard in Comprehensive Cancer Diagnostics and Patient Care

Diadia Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Precision Medicine, Causal & Predictive – New York, NY

Diadia Health Exits Beta as First AI Causal Reasoning Platform for Precision Medicine in Complex Endocrine and Chronic Disease Cases

Caregility: AI, Soft/SaaS, Virtual Workflows – Wall, NJ

Caregility Introduces CUBE, the Industry’s Only on-Premise Solution for Connected Care Continuity

piur imaging: Imaging, 3D Ultrasound, Vascular, Endocrinology – Vienna, Austria

PIUR IMAGING Launches AI-Powered Software Reducing Thyroid Ultrasound Workflow Time by up to 60%

The Cs

Field Medical: Procedural Device, Ablation, Pulsed Field, Cardiology – San Diego, CA

Mark A. Turco, MD – CEO (Joining)

Field Medical Names Mark A. Turco, MD, as Chief Executive Officer

Personalis: Diagnostic Test, Liquid, Breast – Fremont, CA

Richard Chen, MD – President (Promotion)

Personalis Appoints Dr. Richard Chen as President to Further Accelerate MRD Adoption

Health Recovery Solutions: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Chronic Care Mgt – Hoboken, NJ

Lucienne Ide, MD – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Health Recovery Solutions Appoints Dr. Lucienne Ide as Chief Medical Officer Following Rimidi Acquisition

Xenocor: Procedural Device, Single-Use Scope, Visualization – Salt Lake City, UT

David McNally – CEO (Joining)
Antony Watson – CCO (Promotion)
David Van Ness – CTO (Promotion)

Xenocor Appoints David McNally as Chief Executive Officer, Antony Watson to Chief Commercial Officer and David Van Ness to Chief Technology Officer

TeleRay: Soft/SaaS, Pt. Observation, Telehealth – Austin, TX

Saumay Kumar – CEO (Joining)

TeleRay Appoints Saumay Kumar as New CEO to Accelerate Growth and Operational Excellence

Funding

HEARTio: Diagnostic, Predictive Medicine, Cardiology – Pittsburgh, PA

HEARTio Announces Closing of $4.25 Million Financing

Definity: Soft/SaaS, Labor Mgt, Healthcare Systems – Covington, KY

Definity Raises Series A Funding Led by Accrete Health Partners

Imperative Care: Procedural Device, Robotics, Thrombectomy, Neurovascular, Vascular – Campbell, CA

Imperative Care Announces $100 Million Financing

Surf Therapeutics: Equip., Ultrasound Neuromodulation, Inflammation – Austin, TX

Surf Therapeutics Reports Positive First-in-Human Data and Secures Additional Financing, Bringing Total Funding to $6M as Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Study Begins

Lenoss Medical: Implant, Spinal Vertebral Augmentation – Providence, RI

Lenoss Medical Announces Successful Close of $6 Million Growth Bridge Financing

RAAPID: AI, Soft/SaaS, Risk Assessment – Louisville, KY

RAAPID Secures Series-A Extension to Scale Neuro-Symbolic AI-Powered Medical Coding

Spectral AI: AI, Wound Care – Dallas, TX

Spectral AI Awarded $31.7 Million of BARDA Funding to Accelerate Development of the DeepView® System

Verily: AI, Soft/SaaS, Precision Medicine – Dallas, TX

Verily Secures $300 Million Investment to Advance its Precision Health AI Strategy

Carecubes: Disposable, Pt. Isolation, Infectious Disease – Arden Hills, MN

Carecubes Closes $6.5 Million Series A to Transform Infectious Disease Response

Health Universe: AI, Soft/SaaS, AI Agent Integration – San Francisco, CA

Health Universe Raises $6M to Integrate AI Agents into Healthcare Organizations

Regulatory

Approval
Prodeon Medical: Procedural Device, Interventional, BPH – Sunnyvale, CA

Prodeon Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for the Urocross® Expander System, a Novel Non-Permanent Retrievable Implant for Treating Urinary Symptoms Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Approval
Perfuze: Procedural Device, Neurovascular – Galway, Ireland

Perfuze Receives FDA Clearance for Millipede88® — the First Super-Bore Aspiration Catheter Cleared for Standalone Direct Aspiration

Approval
OXOS Medical: Imaging, Portable X-Ray – Atlanta, GA

OXOS Medical Unlocks Pediatric Imaging for MC2 Portable X-ray

Approval
Endo Tools Therapeutics: Procedural Device, Endoscopic – Gosselies, BE

Endo Tools Therapeutics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Next-Generation endomina® EZFuse system

Approval
Peijia Medical: Procedural Device, Interventional, Structural Heart, Neurovascular – Suzhou, China

DCwire® Micro Guidewire Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance, Marking a Key Milestone in Peijia Medical’s Global Expansion

Submittal
LUMA Vision: 4D Imaging, E-P, Cardiac Surgery – Dublin, Ireland

LUMA Vision Expands Clinical Use of VERAFEYE™ in Guiding AF Ablations and Completes Key 510k Submission.

Approval
Revolve Surgical: Robotics, Surgical – Toronto, Canada

Revolve Surgical has received FDA 510(k) clearance

Product News

RevnaBio: Diagnostic, Precision Medicine – Accra, Ghana

RevnaBio Secures Triple International Laboratory Accreditation to Expand Precision Medicine and Clinical Research Infrastructure in Africa

Breakthrough Devices

Nia Therapeutics: Implant, BCI, Neurosurgery – Radnor, PA

Nia Therapeutics Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for AI-Guided Brain Implant to Treat Memory Loss

Clinical Trials/Studies

Seger Surgical Solutions: Procedural Device, Laparoscopic Colon Anastomosis – Misgav, Israel

/C O R R E C T I O N — Seger Surgical Solutions/

Neuronoff : Injectable, Procedural, Chronic Pain – Cleveland, OH

Neuronoff Demonstrates Multi-Site IPG Compatibility for Injectrode® Platform, Expanding Neuromodulation Beyond Spinal Cord Stimulation

Heartflow: AI, Imaging, Cardiology – Mountain View, CA

Heartflow Builds Evidence Base Across the Heart Disease Care Continuum, From Precision Risk Stratification to CT-Guided Intervention Planning

Cognito Therapeutics: Wearable, Neuromodulation, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – Cambridge, MA

Cognito Therapeutics Presents New Data on Spectris™ in Alzheimer’s Disease at AD/PD™ 2026

bioAffinity Technologies: Diagnostic Test, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Lung Cancer – San Antonio, TX

New Case Study: bioAffinity Technologies’ CyPath® Lung Provides Actionable Results and Helps Patient Avoid Costly, Invasive Procedures

Calyxo: Procedural Device, Endourology, Stone Removal – Pleasanton, CA

Six New EAU 2026 Abstracts Show CVAC System Delivers Consistently Low Residual Stone Volume, Greater Procedural Efficiency, and Reduced Downstream Clinical and Economic Burden

Doximity: AI, Soft/SaaS, Telehealth, Digital Marketing. Professional Network – San Francisco, CA

Doximity Study Finds Physicians Rapidly Adopting AI, But Accuracy Concerns Persist

Surf Therapeutics: Equip., Ultrasound Neuromodulation, Inflammation – Austin, TX

Surf Therapeutics Reports Positive First-in-Human Data and Secures Additional Financing, Bringing Total Funding to $6M as Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Study Begins

Welldoc: AI, Diagnostic, Digital Medicine, CCM – Columbia, MD

Welldoc Bridges the Insulin Dosing Gap with New Real-World Evidence

Vergent Bioscience: Imaging Agent, Surgery, Oncology – Minneapolis, MN

Vergent Bioscience Initiates Phase 3 VISUALIZE 2 Pivotal Study of Abenacianine (VGT-309) for Tumor Visualization During Lung Cancer Surgery

TriSalus Life Sciences: Procedural Device, Drug Delivery, Interventional Oncology – Westminster, CO

TriSalus Life Sciences Announces Publication Demonstrating Enhanced Delivery and Immune Activation with Nelitolimod Delivered with Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery in Liver Tumor Models

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

Sunrise Announces Landmark Results from the SUNSAS Trial, the Largest Randomized Controlled Study of an At-Home Sleep Apnea Diagnostic Pathway Compared with PSG

XRlabs: AI, Integration with Endoscopes – London, UK

XRlabs Achieves First-in-Human Use of Physical AI on the ORBEYE™ Exoscope Powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor™

Freenome: Diagnostic, Cancer Screening – South San Francisco, CA

Freenome Reports Data for Multiomic Blood-Based Screening Test for Lung Cancer

UltraSight: AI, Software/SaaS, Imaging, Cardiology – Tel Aviv, Israel

New Data at ACC.26 Demonstrating UltraSight™ AI Enables Non-Experts to Perform Diagnostic Cardiac Ultrasound

XCath : Robotics, Procedural, Telerobotic, Neurovascular Navigation – Houston, TX

XCath Makes Medical History With the World’s First Remote Robotic Intervention in a Stroke Patient

Adagio Medical: Cryoablation, Cardiology, Ventricular Tachycardia – Laguna Hills, CA

Adagio Medical Highlights Recent Successful Expanded Access Cases with vCLAS™ System, Including Patients with Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC)

C2N Diagnostics: Diagnostics, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – St. Louis, MO

C2N Diagnostics Highlights First Use of Its eMTBR-tau243 Plasma Assay in Evoke/Evoke+ Phase 3 Dataset for Prediction of Cognitive and Functional Decline in Patients With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease

Providence Medical Technology: Implant, Spine, Spine Surgery – Pleasanton, CA

First Subjects Randomized in Clinical Trial Evaluating the Benefits of Total Segmental Fusion in Treating Degenerative Conditions in the Lumbar Spine

Cleerly: AI, Imaging, Cardiovascular – Denver, CO

Cleerly AI-QCT Demonstrates High Agreement with Invasive IVUS in INVICTUS Registry

Innovative Medical Equipment: DME, Hot/Cold Therapy, Orthopedic – Beachwood, OH

Innovative Medical Equipment, LLC Highlights Published VA Clinical Study on Thermal Therapy and Pain Treatment Utilization

Partnerships

SoftAcuity: AI, Physical, Platforms – Santa Barbara, CA
Atomic Gravity: AI, Physical

SoftAcuity and Atomic Gravity Partner to Advance Physical AI in Mission-Critical Environments — Showcasing Surgical Innovation at NVIDIA GTC

Doceree: AI, Soft/Saas, Healthcare Marketing – Short Hills, NJ
Kythera Labs: Soft/SaaS, Data Integration – Franklin, TN

Kythera Labs and Doceree Partner to Improve Data-Driven Engagement with Healthcare Professionals

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