Potrero Medical announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its AKI Predict machine learning algorithm. Hayward, California-based Potrero designed its algorithm for the advanced prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) in cardiac post-surgical intensive care patients. The company developed the Accuryn system that uses urinary catheters as […]
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Potrero Medical appoints medtech vet Steve Okland as chief commercial officer
Potrero Medical today announced that it has appointed Steve Okland as chief commercial officer. Prior to joining the sensory integrated foley catheter company, Okland has served on the leadership teams at Second Sight Medical and DryShield. He has also held sales and marketing leadership roles at Miramar Labs, Medivance, Spectranetics and Boston Scientific. Get the […]
Potrero Medical adds $5.5m
Predictive health company Potrero Medical today filed an SEC Form D/A disclosing the sale of nearly $5.5 million in equity. The amendment the equity offering which made its first sale on June 28. At that time, the offering was for a total of $15 million and, in July, the company announced that it sold $11.7 million […]
Potrero Medical raises $11.7 million
Predictive health company Potrero Medical has raised $11.7 million of a proposed $15 million, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The Hayward, Calif.-based company’s Accuryn system is designed to use urinary catheters as diagnostic tools. The device provides real-time measurements of intra-abdominal pressure, urine output and core body temperature and can be integrated […]
50 medtech startups you need to know
Medical device industry accelerator MedTech Innovator today announced about 50 medtech startups participating in its annual four-month program. Half are early-stage companies participating in MedTech Innovator’s Accelerator and Showcase program, and the other half are mid-stage companies in the organization’s Showcase program. The list of companies is a who’s who of people around the world […]
Urinary monitor dev Potrero Medical closes $27m Series C
Predictive health company Potrero Medical said yesterday it closed a $26.6 million Series C funding to help support commercialization of its flagship Accuryn monitoring system. The San Francisco-based company’s Accuryn system is designed to use urinary catheters as diagnostic tools. The device provides real-time measurements of intra-abdominal pressure, urine output and core body temperature and can […]
Potrero Medical raises $5m
Potrero Medical raised $4.8 million in a new round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing posted this week. San Francisco-based Potrero developed the Accuryn monitoring system designed to use urinary catheters as diagnostic tools. The system uses a urinary catheter to deliver real-time, actionable data on urine output, core temperature and intra-abdominal pressure, […]
Potrero wins FDA 510(k) for Accuryn system
Potrero Medical said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Accuryn monitoring system designed to turn urinary catheters into diagnostic tools. San Francisco-based Potrero’s Accuryn critical care monitoring system uses a urinary catheter to deliver real-time, actionable data on urine output, core temperature and intraabdominal pressure, the company said. “Sepsis and acute kidney injury […]
J-Pac names new CFO, ops VP | Personnel Moves
J-Pac Medical said it named former GI Supply finance chief Michael Dolge to be its new CFO and tapped Phil Littlefield, a medtech veteran, to be its vice president of operations. Somersworth, N.H.-based J-Pac, which makes implantable textiles and offers packaging and manufacturing services to the medical device industry, said Dolge’s resume includes stints at […]
NIH backs Potrero Med’s Accuryn study
Potrero Medical said today the National Institute of Health is sponsoring the Prescient study, which will examine the company’s Accuryn monitoring system designed to detect physiological signatures of critical illness, including sepsis. Potrero’s Accuryn critical care monitoring system uses a urinary catheter to deliver real-time, actionable data on urine output, core temperature and intraabdominal pressure, […]
