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Digestive surgery could be transformed with a new medical device called ‘Colovac’ from French innovator.
The company helps patients find clinical trials and works with pharma companies to limit barriers to enrollment.
Last year, digital musculoskeletal care and physical therapy companies raked in plenty of investor dollars. Startups say the expensive MSK health sector is ripe for innovation.
German digital health company Temedica aims to provide new healthcare insights from wearables and apps.
Also: Getlabs rakes in $20 million and Formus announces a $5 million funding round.
Californian startup Lover recently landed $2 million for their module-based sexual health offering.
Also: Digital therapeutics company Big Health hires Gabriela Perez as chief commercial officer and chronic-care startup Lyn Health adds Tracy J. Edmonds to its board of advisors.
Also: League scores $95 million, Jasper Health raises $25 million and Summus Global rakes in $22 million.
The technology is able to take a single-lead ECG in 30 seconds.
Researchers found that a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based methodology combined with smartphone detection was able to test for COVID-19.