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Eko launches screening app for early heart disease detection

March 22, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Eko announced today that it launched its newly redesigned Eko application that aids in screening for cardiovascular disease. Oakland, California–based Eko develops smart stethoscopes to pair with its accompanying automated disease detection software with the Eko app for analyzing heart sounds with FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI)-powered algorithms. According to a news release, Eko aims to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Diagnostics, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: eko

3M and Eko collaborate on stethoscopes

October 19, 2020 By Sean Whooley

3M (NYSE:MMM) and Eko announced today that they are collaborating to combine 3M’s Littmann stethoscope with Eko’s digital innovations. St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M’s new Littmann CORE digital stethoscope includes capabilities for clinicians to access both analog and digital auscultation options, along with amplification and noise cancellation and the visualization of sound during auscultation. 3M and Oakland, Calif.-based Eko […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: 3m, eko

Eko lands $2.7m federal grant for heart disease detection study

July 22, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Eko announced today that it received a $2.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Oakland, Calif.-based Eko said in a news release that the grant will be used to fund its collaborative work with Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute as they validate algorithms to help screen for […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Funding Roundup, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: eko, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Northwestern University

Eko names Humbarger as new SVP

July 9, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Eko announced yesterday that it appointed Bryan Humbarger as its new senior vice president of commercial with an emphasis on sales. The digital health sales veteran’s new role includes responsibilities for overseeing sales and commercial operations for Eko’s AI and telemedicine software platforms for health systems, practices and providers worldwide, according to a news release. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Health Technology, Software / IT Tagged With: eko, Personnel Moves

Eko lands EUA for ECG-based algorithm for COVID-19 patients

May 13, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Eko announced today that the FDA has issued the company an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its novel ECG-based algorithm designed to provide an easily accessible, rapid screening test for low ejection fraction (low EF), a weak heart pump. Awarded an FDA breakthrough device designation in December 2019, the algorithm’s regulatory review has been further […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: COVID-19, eko, FDA, Mayo Clinic

Eko AFib and heart murmur algorithms win FDA clearance

January 28, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Eko announced today that it won FDA clearance for its suite of algorithms that combine with the company’s digital stethoscopes to screen for heart conditions during routine physical exams. The San Francisco-based company develops an artificial intelligence-powered, cloud-based software application designed to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart sound/phonocardiogram (PCG) data, using signal processing and convolutional […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: artificial intelligence, eko, FDA

Eko raises $20m Series B for smart cardiac monitor | Funding Roundup, September 26, 2019

September 26, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Eko said yesterday that it raised a $20 million Series B round for the smart cardiac monitor it’s developing. The San Francisco-based company is working on machine learning technology for a combined digital stethoscope and electrocardiogram, designed for both clinical and at-home monitoring. Eko said more than 3,000 hospitals worldwide use its platform, treating millions […]

Filed Under: Featured, Funding Roundup, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Cadence Neuroscience, DiagnosisONE, eko, Healionics, InspireMD, Kheiron Medical Technologies, Neuromod Devices, Profound Medical Inc., provisio

Cardiac monitor dev Eko raises $5m in Series A

March 1, 2018 By Fink Densford

Cardiac device developer Eko said yesterday it raised $5 million in a Series A round to help support its platform designed for valvular heart disease screening and heart failure monitoring. The round was led by Artis Ventures and joined by Strategic Partners, DreamIt Ventures, 1812 Ventures and Founder.org, the San Francisco-based company said. “Eko and […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Diagnostics Tagged With: eko

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