Google’s Fitbit has announced its upcoming releases this fall, with one health-focused offering providing heart health tracking capabilities. According to a blog post presenting the new offerings, the new Inspire 3, Versa 4 and Sense 2 — the latter of which being the heart health tracker — are all thinner and more comfortable than previous […]
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PhysIQ, InCarda Therapeutics to collaborate on AFib treatment tech
PhysIQ announced today that it entered into a strategic collaboration with InCarda Therapeutics. Newark, California–based InCarda Therapeutics develops first-of-their-kind inhaled therapies for treating cardiovascular diseases. According to a news release, Syneos Health recommended PhysIQ’s patient monitoring technology to help advance InCarda’s clinical study of InRhythm (orally inhaled flecainide) in patients with AFib. The Phase III […]
Glytec, CPS collaborate on glycemic management support for pharmacy departments
Glytec announced today that CPS Solutions selected it to serve as an insulin management technology resource. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Glytec will serve as a resource for CPS’ more than 2,200 pharmacy professionals across more than 800 healthcare facilities nationwide. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Hygieia appoints diabetes veteran Doug Lawrence as CEO
Hygieia — a developer of digital therapeutics for insulin therapy — announced today that it appointed Doug Lawrence as its CEO. Lawrence will take the corner office at Livonia, Michigan-based Hygieia with responsibilities for leading operations, development, and global growth of the company and its d-Nav insulin management program. The FDA-cleared d-Nav system autonomously adjusts insulin dose […]
AI-powered imaging startup AIRS Medical raises $20M Series B
South Korea-based healthcare startup AIRS Medical announced today that it raised approximately $20 million in a Series B funding round. New investors Q Capital Partners and Hanwha Life joined the round, which also included participation from Klim Ventures, which contributed to AIRS Medical’s Series A round. Seoul National University graduates co-founded AIRS Medical in 2018. […]
EchoNous partners with Samsung on AI-guided ultrasound
EchoNous announced today that it entered into an alliance with Samsung to run its ultrasound offerings off the Galaxy mobile tablets. Redmond, Washington–based EchoNous develops the Kosmos portable, artificial intelligence (AI)-guided point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) tool. Under the new partnership, Kosmos will now be able to run on off-the-shelf Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro tablets (models […]
Caregility, Eko partner to bring smart stethoscope to telehealth platform
Caregility and Eko announced today that they entered into a partnership to integrate cloud technology and smart stethoscopes. The partnership enables seamless integration between Caregility’s cloud platform and Eko’s smart stethoscopes and software. The idea is to allow health providers on Caregility’s iConsult application to perform auscultation (heart, lung, and other body sounds) on patients […]
Tandem Diabetes Care delivers 1 million insulin boluses using t:connect mobile app
Tandem Diabetes Care (Nasdaq:TNDM) announced today that its users have delivered more than 1 million insulin boluses using its app. Users of the t:connect app feature on their mobile devices have reached the 1 million insulin bolus milestone with the t:slim X2 insulin pump within the first month following its commercial release. San Diego-based Tandem designed […]
CathVision closes $7.2M financing round for electrophysiology recording tech
Electrophysiology (EP) technology developer CathVision announced today that it secured $7.2 million in funding from existing investors. Copenhagen, Denmark–based CathVision plans to use the funds to advance commercial operations for driving the adoption of its ECGenius system for EP recording. Additionally, funds will go toward developing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytic modules to provide electrophysiologists with […]
Verily’s Onduo, Sword Health collaborate on virtual care
Onduo announced today that it entered into a strategic collaboration with Sword Health to broaden virtual care for diabetes and other conditions. Sword Health, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care provider, will work with Onduo by Verily, an Alphabet sister company of Google. The idea is to offer complementary solutions, broadening access to virtual care benefits for […]
KeyCare raises $24M for virtual care platform
KeyCare announced today that it closed $24 million in a Series A financing round for its virtual-first care platform built with Epic. Chicago-based KeyCare designed a platform for offering health systems the ability to easily augment care teams and optimize capacity. There are partnerships with a nationwide network of virtual care groups. On the platform, […]