GE HealthCare (Nasdaq:GEHC) announced today that it signed an agreement to acquire AI healthcare technology developer Caption Health. The companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal. Caption Health creates clinical applications to aid in early disease detection. The company’s technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in conducting ultrasound scans. This technology […]
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Caption Health partners with Heartbeat Health on cardiac care
Caption Health announced today that it partnered with Heartbeat Health to provide earlier access to cardiovascular care. Brisbane, California–based Caption Health will provide its Caption Care for clinicians to perform heart ultrasounds in convenient locations — including a patient’s home — using the Caption AI platform. Heartbeat Health virtual cardiologists will receive, read and interpret […]
Caption Health wins CE mark for AI-powered cardiac ultrasound tech
Caption Health announced today that it received CE mark for its Caption AI cardiac ultrasound technology platform. Brisbane, California-based Caption Health designed its Caption AI platform to provide a convenient, cost-effective solution for cardiac ultrasound in assessing heart failure. The platform can be used at scale to detect signs of heart failure in at-risk patients […]
Butterfly Network, Caption AI partner on handheld ultrasound
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it entered into a strategic partnership with Caption Health for its AI capabilities. Guilford, Conn.-based Butterfly Network said in a news release that an integrated solution developed through the partnership should enhance cardiac assessment with the Butterfly iQ+ handheld whole-body ultrasound system that uses the company’s Ultrasound-on-Chip technology. By […]
Companies, docs alarmed by proposed 510(k) rollback
Medical associations and device companies have largely come out against a Trump administration proposal to permanently exempt certain medical devices and software from the FDA 510(k) clearance process. HHS used Trump’s waning days in office to propose permanently exempting 83 Class II devices and one unclassified device from the clearance review process. The list includes home ventilators, […]
MedTech 100 roundup: Industry hits pandemic peak
After five months since medtech stocks peaked before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the markets, the industry inched back toward that pre-pandemic high. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — sat at 88.9 points at the end of last week (July 17). That total represents just a -3.7% […]
Caption Health raises $53m for its AI ultrasound software
Caption Health (Brisbane, Calif.) has raised $53 million in a Series B round as it seeks to further develop and commercialize its FDA-cleared, AI-guided ultrasound technology. Existing investor DCVC led the round, announced yesterday. New investors Atlantic Bridge and cardiovascular medical device leader Edwards Lifesciences also participated, along with existing investor Khosla Ventures. Caption Health […]
How AI could help health providers diagnose COVID-19
When it comes to diagnosing treating COVID-19, timeliness is imperative to avoid patient deaths. Several companies are developing artificial intelligence-based algorithms to help doctors analyze and diagnose COVID-19 in patients quickly. The coronavirus has affected more than 3.7 million people globally, with the U.S. experiencing the most COVID-19 cases at just over 1.2 million so […]
FDA authorizes use of Caption Health’s AI software to capture heart images via ultrasound
The FDA announced today that it has authorized the marketing of Caption Health’s Caption Guidance software for assisting in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound or echocardiography images. Caption Guidance is an accessory to compatible diagnostic ultrasound systems designed to use artificial intelligence to help capture images of a patient’s heart that are of acceptable diagnostic […]
Bay Labs rebrands as Caption Health
Bay Labs said today that it is renaming the company Caption Health and rebranding its flagship technology, EchoGPS, as Caption Guidance. The San Francisco-based company plans to incorporate Caption Guidance technology into compatible ultrasound devices and offer that product to the market as Caption AI. Caption AI is designed to allow for quick and accurate […]
