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Viz.ai

MedTech 100 roundup: Small dip keeps industry down

March 22, 2021 By Sean Whooley

The last month brought a bit of a skid for the medtech industry and after a slight rebound last week, the downward trend has returned. A strong start to 2021 came to an end in late February and carried over into March, with MassDevice‘s MedTech 100 index hitting its lowest point on March 8 (102.16). It […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, Research & Development, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Bigfoot Biomedical, coronavirus, COVID-19, Joe Biden, MedTech 100 Index, Medtronic, Pfizer, Roche, Viz.ai

Viz.ai raises $71 million Series C, touts positive data for stroke care outcomes

March 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Artificial intelligence platform developer Viz.ai announced that it raised $71 million in a Series C financing round. San Francisco-based Viz.ai develops AI software for treating acute ischemic stroke. The software uses a computer-aided triage system to identify a suspected large-vessel occlusion via CT scan and alerts a stroke team specialist to reduce the time to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Digital Health, Featured, Funding Roundup, Health Technology, Neurological, Software / IT Tagged With: Viz.ai

Viz.ai stroke software lands Medicare ‘new technology’ coverage

September 3, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted Viz.ai the first New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for artificial intelligence software, the company announced today. NTAP, part of the CMS inpatient prospective payment system, was set up to support the adoption of cutting-edge technologies that have demonstrated substantial clinical improvement and ensure early availability to Medicare […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Hospital Care, Neurological Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Viz.ai

Viz.ai lands $50m Series B for stroke treatment

October 23, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Viz.ai said yesterday that it received $50 million in Series B funding for its artificial intelligence software for treating acute ischemic stroke. The San Francisco-based company uses a computer-aided triage system designed to identify a suspected large vessel occlusion via CT scan and alerts a stroke team specialist within minutes, reducing the time to treatment […]

Filed Under: Featured, Funding Roundup, Neurological, Software / IT Tagged With: Viz.ai

Medtronic inks deal for Viz.ai’s stroke tech

July 22, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it inked a deal to distribute the stroke-detection software developed by Viz.ai. San Francisco-based Viz.ai’s LVO Stroke platform is designed to analyze computed tomography results and notify providers of potential strokes. The technology won 510(k) clearance from the FDA in February 2018. The deal with Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic calls for […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Featured, Neurological, Software / IT Tagged With: Medtronic, Stroke, Viz.ai

Google joins $21m Series A for Viz.ai

July 19, 2018 By Fink Densford

Artificial Intelligence healthcare developer Viz.ai has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round joined by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, the San Francisco-based company said. In connection with the funding round, Kleiner Perkins general partner Mamoon Hamid will join the company’s board of directors. “We were attracted […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Funding Roundup Tagged With: Viz.ai

Viz.ai wins FDA nod automated CT perfusion software

April 24, 2018 By Fink Densford

Artificial Intelligence healthcare developer Viz.ai said yesterday it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Viz CTP computed tomography perfusion image processing and analysis software. The San Francisco-based company said that the software compliments its current offerings, which include automated large vessel occlusion stroke identification, stroke triage and LVO notification, patient selection, medical image viewing, transport coordination and […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Imaging, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: Viz.ai

FDA clears software using AI to evaluate CT scans for stroke

February 16, 2018 By Fink Densford

Artificial Intelligence healthcare developer Viz.ai said this week it won approval from the FDA for its LVO Stroke platform designed to analyze computed tomography results and notify providers of potential strokes, touting it as the first such system to win FDA clearance. The company’s LVO Stroke platform is designed using deep learning and connects to […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: Viz.ai

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