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Businessman and IPO virtual screen

Hinge Health rings NYSE bell as IPO raises $437M

May 22, 2025
By Annette Boyle
Hinge Health Inc.’s flexibility produced big rewards as the digital therapy company for physical rehabilitation finally began trading on the NYSE under the symbol HNGE on May 22 after delaying its IPO twice. Hinge co-founders Daniel Perez and Gabriel Mecklenburg rang the opening bell for the stock exchange to celebrate the offering’s $437 million haul.
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Hilo Band and mobile app

Aktiia SA raises $42M for BP monitoring platform, rebrands to Hilo

May 6, 2025
By Shani Alexander
Aktiia SA raised $42 million in an oversubscribed series B funding round and rebranded to Hilo. The funds will be used for product innovation, expansion into new markets and to build out its blood pressure monitoring platform to support enterprise use cases.
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Wearoptimo microwearable hydration sensor

Wearoptimo’s hydration sensor outperforms gold standard tests

April 29, 2025
By Tamra Sami
Health care technology company Wearoptimo Ltd. developed a next-generation microwearable sensor that accurately detects hydration levels, outperforming the needle-based gold standard.
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Screen on Fitbit Sense reads "Take heart rhythm assessment"
Heart Rhythm 2025

Fitbit analysis predicts hospitalizations

April 28, 2025
By Annette Boyle
Using step counts and heart rate readings from Google’s Fitbit devices, a machine learning model accurately predicted the risk of hospitalization, a study presented at Heart Rhythm 2025 found. The study used data from participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research program.
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Sky Labs CART BP

Sky Labs seeks global expansion of world’s first BP monitor ring

April 22, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Sky Labs Inc. CEO and founder Jack Byunghwan Lee reported on plans to greatly expand the market for the company’s blood pressure monitor ring, including seeking regulatory approvals for the CART BP products in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
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Neuranics technologies

Neuranics raises $8M for magnetic sensing technology

April 16, 2025
By Shani Alexander
Neuranics Ltd. recently raised $8 million in seed funding which is “extremely important” for the company as it looks to scale its magnetic sensing technology, which detects muscle activity without touching the skin, Noel McKenna, CEO told BioWorld. “The funds will help accelerate our go to market strategy and advance our R&D roadmap,” he said.
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CGM sensor
Patents

Patent filed for multiweek, multitarget CGM-like wearable sensor

April 10, 2025
By Simon Kerton
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati filed for protection of an electrochemical aptamer-based biosensor technology with improved sensitivity and longevity, which has the potential for monitoring several biomarkers over sustained periods.
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KIMES 2025
KIMES 2025

Trio of neuro disease-focused firms highlighted at KIMES 2025

March 25, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
At the four-day KIMES 2025 exhibition, more than 35,000 products and prototypes were on display. In the clamor, BioWorld engaged with three promising neurological disease-focused companies – Readycure Inc., Neurive Co. Ltd. and Vuno Inc. – that showcased innovative technology for conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and tinnitus at the Seoul-based event.
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Toilets could be the next big health device: Medical Korea 2025

March 20, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Seung-min Park, professor at Nanyang Technological University and cofounder of Kanaria Health, is working to manufacture smart bidets that can capture biomarker data from urine and stool automatically and enable continuous monitoring.
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Google Pixel Watch 3 Loss-of-pulse

FDA clears loss-of-pulse detection on Google Pixel Watch 3

Feb. 28, 2025
By Annette Boyle
The Apple Watch may be able to alert wearers to heart palpitations, but Google LLC’s Pixel Watch 3 can now detect when a user’s heart stops – and call emergency services. The pulse detection featured received clearance from the U.S. FDA on Feb. 26 and Google plans to make it available on its Pixel Watch 3 starting in March. Pulse detection is already available for watches sold in the U.K. and EU.
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