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NextGen Jane
IndustryBiotechnology and Genomics
Founded2014
Headquarters
Oakland, California
,
United States
Key people
Ridhi Tariyal (Co-founder), Stephen Gire, (Co-founder)
Websitewww.nextgenjane.com

NextGen Jane is a data-driven women’s healthcare company known for inventing a smart tampon system that offers insight into a woman's reproductive health system.[1][2][3]

History

In 2013, co-founder Ridhi Tariyal was part of the first class of the Blavatnik Fellowship at Harvard University.[4] The purpose of the fellowship is to place recent MBA graduates in labs across Harvard with the goal of commercializing life science-based enterprises.[5]

Coming out of the fellowship, Tariyal and co-founder Stephen Gire developed intellectual property for a Smart Tampon System to gather genomic information about a woman’s health.[6][7] In the menstrual blood, they think will find early markers of endometriosis and, ultimately, a variety of other disorders. The surgeons diagnose endometriosis by inserting a small camera into the pelvic cavity to look for endometrial cells in places other than the lining of the uterus. When wayward cells are found, the diseased tissue can be removed. But this process is it is uncomfortable and impractical for women’s daily lives. So, the method of analyzing the menstrual blood retained in the tampons aims to improve the diagnostic index of these diseases.[8]

NextGen Jane was founded in 2014 with this IP as its core patent technology, and its headquarters are located in Oakland, California, United States.[9] Initially, the company had nothing to do with a tampon. It was about fertility and empowering women to manage their own reproductive health by themselves.[10] Later on, the tampon aspect was added to help women manage their reproductive healthcare much better.[11][12]

Products and services

NextGen Jane offers insight into women's reproductive health through its Smart Tampon System - a device that can help track biological changes in a woman’s body and enables them to manage their healthcare more autonomously.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ Pagan, Kennedy (1 April 2016). "The Tampon of the Future". nytimes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ^ ELIZABETH, SEGRAN. "The Quantified Vagina: This Startup Aims To Track Women's Health Through Smart Tampons". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ^ Silas, Alexander (28 March 2016). "NEW PARADIGM FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH". studiofathom.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ SARAH, ZHANG (4 July 2016). "Hey Silicon Valley, Let's Talk About Periods". wired.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ Shepherd, Laughlin (27 July 2017). "Ridhi Tariyal, cofounder, NextGen Jane". jwtintelligence.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ Alec, O. "3D printed tampon accessory by NextGen Jane enables self-testing for STDs". 3ders.org. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. ^ Charles, Moore (12 April 2016). "Harvard-mentored Researchers Developing At-Home Product to Detect Endrometriosis and 'Silent Infections' in Women". endometriosisnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. ^ Evans, Dayna (18 February 2019). "What if you could diagnose diseases with a tampon?". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ Tanaya, Singh. "Indian American Entrepreneur Co-Develops Smart Tampons to Help Women Detect Cervical Cancer & More". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  10. ^ Caroline, Perry (4 April 2016). "Our blood, ourselves". news.harvard.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  11. ^ Annamarya, Scaccia (22 February 2017). "How Much Will The "Smart" Tampon Cost? The Motivation Behind It Is Too Awesome". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  12. ^ Andrea, Frazier (17 February 2017). "How To Get The New Tampon From NextGen Jane, Because It Will Be An Important Health Tool". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  13. ^ Lindsay, Gellman (19 March 2017). "Ida Tin's Battle to Build Clue, a Period-Tracking App". newyorker.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  14. ^ Abigail, Wise (14 February 2017). "Pregnancy Health For The Better". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  15. ^ KITTY, KNOWLES (28 June 2017). "6 'Tampons of the Future' that are bloody great". thememo.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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