Latest Mayo Clinic, ASU MedTech Accelerator cohort indicative of AI integration in health care | ASU News
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Editors note: This story is featured in the 2024 year in review.Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Arizona State University will kick off the fifth cohort of the MedTech Accelerator on March 17.The accelerator brings together leaders in innovation from across the globe and health care industry to advance their products, knowledge and value propositions in one of the nations fastest-growing biomedical hubs Arizona.The accelerator provides emerging companies with a multiday immersive curriculum in health care entrepreneurship, including: lectures and workshops with world-class scientific and engineering experts; resources to navigate regulatory pathways; and tools for product commercialization and customer acquisition. Its invigorating to see how this accelerator is changing the market and providing these companies opportunities to develop their products and truly make a difference in the sphere. Besides the flagship neurosurgical navigation robot NaoTrac, the companys product pipeline includes KrystoLens (a single-use neuro-endoscope) and another surgical robot in the R&D stage, which is yet to be announced.Galileo has performed approved pre-clinical research and collected hundreds of live patient on-site scans to develop a science-grade database, detection algorithms and skin response models. Mindsigns Health develops secure health care products that meet the needs of both clinicians and patients to improve the patient journey and empower the doctor-patient relationship.NeuroBrowser is an automated EEG analysis software that interprets and analyzes electrical abnormalities in neurological disorders such as epilepsy and the monitoring of patients in clinical and ambulatory environments.GenMind captures audio and other digital signals outside clinical and office settings to enable the remote monitoring of negative symptoms and cognitive impairment, which are biomarkers associated with a number of serious mental illnesses, in order to deliver a continuum of care, improve access and help increase compliance.NurseIO is an app-based technology platform that connects health care professionals looking for flexible work to open per diem shifts within their local vicinity. The tension mitigation device is designed to eliminate hazardous pulling and line/cord dislodgement during therapy, transport and patient movement, unlike any existing products, providing hospital cost savings.Scaled Insights is a developer of behavioral AI software designed to understand human behavior and help doctors to nudge their patients toward healthier pathways.