In what represents just the company’s third PCT filing, Houston-based Starling Medical Inc.’s co-founders, Hannah McKenney and William Hendricks, seek to gain further protection for their at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform that eliminates the traditional use of catching containers and dipsticks.
News of the sale of Masimo Corp.’s consumer audio unit may be music to the ears of investors, even at the steep discount from its original purchase price. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Harman International Industries Inc. unit snapped up the Sound United business for about $350 million – roughly one-third of the $1.025 billion Masimo paid for the company in 2022.
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.
The first patent from Palo Alto, Calif.-headquartered Updoc Inc. provides protection for their development of an artificially intelligent, voice-based method for prescribing, managing and administering at least one medication for management of type 2 diabetes to a patient.
Researchers from Cornell University are seeking protection for their invention of a low-cost artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform that analyses low resolution electrocardiogram data and/or photoplethysmography data to accurately and objectively assess pain.
In some ways, remote patient monitoring (RPM) came of age during the COVID-19 pandemic, but payers still worry about the potential for fraud and abuse. A recent report from the U.S. Office of Inspector General supported concerns about fraud and abuse with RPM, a problem CMS will have to address to constrain unnecessary and potentially illicit spending.
In what represents the first patenting to emerge from Braincapture ApS, its chief executive officer, Tue Lehn-Schiøler, describes the development of a low-cost, portable electroencephalogram device designed to enhance neurological diagnostics in underserved communities around the world.
A survey of 1,025 consumers conducted by remote patient monitoring company Vivalink Inc. found that 84% of respondents would be willing to participate in hospital-at-home monitoring if it allowed them to leave the hospital earlier. Further, of those who had participated in a hospital-at-home program, 84% reported a positive experience.
A little over two months after the granting of its very first patent which described computer-based systems for diagnosing psoriasis, Belletorus Corp. welcomed the publication of two continuation-in-part child filings on similar such systems for the diagnosis of eczema and determining the severity of skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema and skin cancer.
Lund, Sweden based-Paindrainer AB received notification from the European Patent Office that it intends to grant this patent application for its digital tool, Paindrainer, which coaches users in managing their pain and provides guidance on how to reach a personalized activity balance to reach an optimal functional level and alleviate pain.
