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Kestra Medical ups IPO target to $150M

Feb. 26, 2025
By Annette Boyle
Reflecting a positive reception in the market, Kestra Medical Technologies Ltd. increased the target haul for its planned IPO from $100 million to between $140 million and $160 million in an S-1 amendment filed Feb. 26. The company will offer 10 million shares at $14 to $16 per share, with the final price to be set the week of Mar. 3, just ahead of the offering date.
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EEG earpiece predicts seizures up to an hour before onset

Feb. 20, 2025
By Simon Kerton
The first patenting from Theta Neurotech Inc. sees the company’s co-founders describe their development of a wearable earpiece that uses an electroencephalography technology and machine learning algorithms to alert epilepsy patients 30 to 60 minutes before they have a seizure.
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Wearable developed for breast cancer self-examination, detection

Feb. 19, 2025
By Simon Kerton
The latest patenting from Canan Dagdeviren seeks protection for their wearable, conformable ultrasound breast patch that enables standardized and reproducible image acquisition over the entire breast with less reliance on operator training and applied transducer compression.
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Ōura closes $200M series D, Dexcom invests $75M

Dec. 19, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Dexcom Inc. put real money behind expanding its integration efforts, with a $75 million investment in the $200 million series D for Ōura Health Oy, the maker of the Ōura smart ring. Ōura and Dexcom also provided details on a strategic partnership that integrates data from Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitors with vital sign, sleep, stress, heart health and activity data from the Ōura ring.
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Electrocore powers up with Neurometrix acquisition

Dec. 18, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Electrocore Inc. Quell(ed) any concerns about its commitment to the bioelectronic health segment with an agreement to acquire Neurometrix Inc., maker of the Quell, a wearable device and cloud-enabled neuromodulation platform to treat fibromyalgia and lower extremity chronic pain. Neurometrix is expected to divest its other primary product, Dpncheck, a point-of-care screening test for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, prior to the acquisition.
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UK researchers develop Pneumorator, a wearable respiratory sensor

Dec. 12, 2024
By Shani Alexander
U.K. researchers at Nottingham Trent University, the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton and product development company Zelemiq Ltd. developed a wearable sensor that accurately monitors and detects changes in people’s breathing without requiring direct contact with the skin.
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Movano rings up FDA pulse ox clearance for Eviemed

Dec. 2, 2024
By Annette Boyle
Movano Inc., dba Movano Health, added some clinical-grade glitz to its Evie ring with a U.S. FDA clearance for the built-in pulse oximeter. Movan’s stock shot up from an all-time low within minutes of the announcement on Dec. 2, as the clearance breathes new life into Movano’s plans to position the ring as a medical device.
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Blood pressure gauge, ECG and medication

ISH position paper exhibits novel BP monitor tech

Nov. 21, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
A new position paper from the International Society of Hypertension pinpoints the benefits and drawbacks of novel blood pressure management technology, including the latest cuff-based and cuffless and wearable devices like BP-measuring watches and rings.
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Heart, DNA and ECG

Smartcardia’s ECG patch gains FDA nod for outpatient cardiac telemetry

Nov. 18, 2024
By Shani Alexander
Smartcardia SA received U.S. FDA clearance for mobile outpatient cardiac telemetry for its seven-lead live ECG monitoring patch and cloud platform. With the approval, the solution can now be used for remote live monitoring of a patient’s ECG and immediately notify clinicians in cases of arrhythmias.
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Researchers pen novel QD-OLED tech for wearable electroceuticals

Nov. 8, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
South Korean researchers developed a novel quantum dot and parallel-stacked organic light-emitting diode (QD-PSOLED)-based wearable patch capable of being “freely tunable” in real-time, and described as a flexible and commercial-level technology with wide applications for health care wearables.
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