Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) announced that it enrolled the initial patients in a study of its portable MRI technology for neurological evaluation. The NEURO PMR evaluates the Swoop portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology in the office. Guildford, Connecticut-based Hyperfine’s Swoop is the world’s first FDA-cleared, portable, ultra-low-field, brain MRI system. Hyperfine aims to leverage AI and […]
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Nvidia’s GTC 2025: Here’s the top medtech AI news
Nvidia‘s “Super Bowl of AI” is seeing excitement around autonomous cars and robots — but there is plenty of medtech AI innovation work to discuss, too. GTC 2025 — running March 17–21, 2025 in San Jose, California — has seen news about using artificial intelligence to advance autonomous imaging, surgical robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and more. […]
Hyperfine, Nvidia partner on AI-powered neuroimaging
Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) announced today that it entered into a strategic collaboration with Nvidia to leverage its AI expertise. The collaboration aims to apply Nvidia AI and accelerated computing to enhance Hyperfine’s portable imaging technology. It could make brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) faster, smarter and more affordable on a global scale. The news was part […]
FDA clears Hyperfine AI-powered brain imaging software
Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) announced today that the FDA cleared its ninth-generation AI-powered Swoop system software. This clearance comes just months after the company launched its eighth-generation software in January. The advanced software significantly reduces scan times across multiple magnetic resonance (MR) brain imaging sequences without sacrificing quality. Guilford, Connecticut-based Hyperfine said in a news release that […]
Hyperfine launches AI-powered brain imaging tech
Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) announced today that it launched the AI-powered eighth generation of its Swoop brain imaging system. The FDA cleared the new software’s diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) AI denoising feature in October 2023. Hyperfine began rolling it out at select sites over the past several weeks in a limited market release. Swoop’s latest updates enhance its […]
FDA clears Hyperfine’s AI software for improved image quality on portable MRI system
Hyperfine this week announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its updated AI-powered software with improved image quality for its Swoop portable MRI system. The latest software development brings artificial intelligence-based image quality enhancements to Swoop’s diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence. The software enhances the system’s AI denoising capabilities by incorporating advanced image post-processing into the […]
How did medtech SPAC mergers fare?
Over the past few years, special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs) have found their way into the medtech space. These businesses — built to bring private companies public — raise initial public offerings (IPOs). They then go and acquire existing companies, taking them public in the process. The value of these mergers varies, but some in […]
Maria Sainz named new president, CEO at Hyperfine
Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) announced today that it named industry veteran Maria Sainz as its new president and CEO. Sainz’s appointment becomes effective Oct. 24, 2022. Scott Huennekens, the current interim president and CEO, remains on as executive chairperson of the board. Guilford, Connecticut–based Hyperfine develops the Swoop FDA-cleared portable MRI system. “I am excited and honored […]
Viz.ai, Hyperfine partner on new MRI, workflow paradigm
Viz.ai announced today that it partnered with Hyperfine (Nasdaq:HYPR) to bring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the patient’s bedside. San Francisco-based Viz.ai develops the Viz LVO, its flagship product designed to leverage advanced deep learning to communicate time-sensitive information about stroke patients straight to a specialist who can intervene and treat the patient. Hyperfine develops […]
Hyperfine unveils new software for rapid MR brain imaging
FDA recently cleared a software upgrade to Hyperfine’s portable MRI device that enables scenes in under 3 minutes with no ionizing radiation, the Austin, Texas–based company said today. Hyperfine officials think the advancement could significantly improve the monitoring of hydrocephalus — brain fluid build-up — in children. Pediatric patients may have trouble staying still for […]
Hyperfine closes SPAC merger, will begin trading on Nasdaq
Hyperfine announced today that it completed its merger with HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp. and has gone public. Guilford, Connecticut-based Hyperfine initially announced the proposed merger with HealthCor, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in July. The company will receive approximately $160 million in gross cash proceeds from the business combination and a concurrent private placement, […]
