Ultrasound
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
French Startup Snags $14M for Prenatal Ultrasound AI Tool
Sonio recently gained $14 million in Series A funding. The Paris-based startup’s AI platform automates ultrasound reporting so that healthcare providers can conduct ultrasound exams with greater accuracy, speed and efficiency.
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Butterfly Network Launches AI Tool for Point-Of-Care Lung Ultrasounds
Butterfly Network recently launched an AI tool that can provide medical practitioners with an accurate B-line count from just a six-second lung ultrasound clip. By automatically counting B-lines in a lung image, the tool helps doctors quickly identify and assess a patient’s lung issues at the point of care.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
GE HealthCare Acquires Company that Democratizes Cardiac Ultrasound Images
GE HealthCare recently announced plans to acquire Caption Health, a company that sells AI software designed to guide cardiac imaging. The company’s guidance technology aims to make ultrasound exams easier and faster, as well as allow a broader set of healthcare professionals to conduct basic echocardiography exams.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
GE Healthcare closes $1.45B acquisition of BK Medical
The company would become part of GE’s ultrasound business, expanding its capabilities to include surgical visualization. GE plans to spin out its healthcare division into a publicly traded company in 2023.
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INVEST Pitch Perfect Winner Spotlight: Oncoustics taps ultrasound data to detect liver disease
The Toronto-based startup is applying AI to ultrasound signals. It differentiates healthy tissue from diseased tissue by measuring its acoustic properties.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics
Behind Butterfly Network comes Exo Imaging to up the ante on chip-based ultrasound
Exo Imaging recently raised $35 million in a Series B round to transform the portable ultrasound market in which healthcare unicorn Butterfly Network has a head start.
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Say hello to Butterfly Network, digital health’s newest unicorn
The portable ultrasound company raised a $250 million Series D financing round led by financial services Fidelity at a $1.25 billion valuation.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Diagnostics
Butterfly Network has developed a telemedicine consult tool for its ultrasound-on-a-chip
Butterfly Network previewed its Tele-Guidance technology at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Convention in New York City.
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As ultrasound via mobile gets FDA clearance, will its impact be similar to camera phone?
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, founder and chairman of Butterfly Network, predicted the device’s impact would be not unlike the milestone development of camera phones.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Top Story, Devices & Diagnostics
FDA approves expanded label for InSightec’s ultrasound uterine fibroid device
The ExAblate device’s label, an ultrasound technology designed to treat uterine fibroids, has been adapted in order for it to be available to women who want to keep their uterus intact while still having the option to get pregnant.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health IT, Startups
3 healthcare startups stand out in a sea of techies at Startup Battlefield in London
Among the 14 finalists at TechCrunch’s Disrupt London, three are focused on international challenges in […]
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health IT, Startups
Researchers crowdfund a device to let doctors, breast cancer patients see if chemo is working
Why wait months to determine whether a tumor is responding to cancer treatment if it’s […]
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Devices & Diagnostics, Hospitals
The secret to clearer ultrasounds could be ‘acoustic prisms’
Researchers at Nanjing University in China have come up with a novel way of making […]
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Devices & Diagnostics, Diagnostics
Volcano Corp. to acquire Medtronic’s Pioneer Plus technology, move into therapeutics
Medtronic (MDT) is selling off endovascular technology. Volcano Corporation (VOLC) will acquire Medtronic’s Pioneer Plus […]
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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