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Scanadu
File:Scanaducompany.png
Type of businessPrivate company
Founded2011, Brussels, Belgium
HeadquartersNASA Ames, California, USA
Founder(s)Walter De Brouwer, Misha Chellam
Employees21 [1]
URLwww.scanadu.com

Scanadu is a Silicon Valley-based company that makes medical technology devices for consumers. It was founded in January 2011 by Walter De Brouwer and Misha Chellam[2] in Brussels, Belgium as heal.th and launched during the first edition of Startup Weekend Brussels.[3] The company relocated to the Silicon Valley in mid-2011 to help grow the company and to set up a lab at NASA Ames in Mountain View, where it shares space with Singularity University.[2]

A prototype of Scanadu’s first product, SCOUT, was unveiled on Nov 29 2012. A portable electronic device, for consumer use, designed to measure a number of different physiological parameters, including pulse transit time, heart rate, electrical heart activity, body temperature, heart rate variability, and blood oxygenation.[4] The expected price of the device is around $150, though it must first receive FDA approval. The product is expected to be released by the end of 2013.[5]

Products

On November 29 2012 the company unveiled a suite of new tools to “revolutionize consumer healthcare.” The Scanadu SCOUT is a lightweight device that is touched to a patient’s temple and is touted as being able to return five vital sign results with 99 percent accuracy in less than 10 seconds. Project ScanaFlo is used for urinanalysis to test for conditions like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, kidney failure and urinary tract infections. Project ScanaFlu is used to test saliva when a patient is exhibiting cold-like symptoms, and will test for Strep A, Influenza A and B, adenovirus, and RSV.[6] The suite of products, originally conceived of in partnership with IDEO,[7] is being designed by award-winning industrial designer Yves Behar.[8]

Scanadu’s long-term product vision is to combine a broad array of electrical and biochemical sensors with intelligent algorithms to create a real-life Tricorder.[9] Accordingly, the company is often mentioned as a leading contender for the $10m Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize.[10]

Personnel

The company is led by co-founder and CEO Walter De Brouwer, who previously set up the blue-skies research institute Starlab. Co-founder and former COO Misha Chellam left Scanadu in the summer of 2012 and was replaced by Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI) veteran James Stanford.[11] Other notable people involved in the company include Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alan Greene, Chief Scientist Dr. Anthony Smart, Medical Advisor Dr. Leslie Saxon, Medical Advisor Dr. Daniel Kraft, Klee Irwin, and investor Sebastien De Halleux.

Press and accolades

Scanadu has received press attention from a number of blogs and media outlets, such as The Economist,[12] Fast Company,[13] Forbes,[14] Time,[15] TechCrunch,[16] Wired,[17] the MIT Technology Review,[18] and more. It has also won a number of accolades, including: •CES Best Innovation of 2013 in Personal Electronics Category.[19] •Company of the Year by the 14,000+ member Digital Health LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) group, beating out other notable health tech companies such as FitBit, Withings, AliveCor, and Proteus Digital Health among others.[20] •Number Two Health Story of 2012 in Fast Company[21] •Number Ten Medtech Story of 2012 in VentureBeat.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Crunch Base". Crunch Base. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Wauter, Robin (8 November 2011). "Tech Crunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Startup Weekend". Startup Weekend. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ^ Comstock, Jonah (29 November 2012). "Scanadu unveils smartphone-enabled home diagnostics". MobiHealthNews. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ^ Schwartz, Ariel. "Scanadu's Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds". Co. Exist. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  6. ^ Comstock, Jonah (29 November 2012). "Scanadu unveils smartphone-enabled home diagnostics". MobiHealthNews. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  7. ^ "IDEO Archive". IDEO. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ Mott, Nathanial (29 November 2012). "Scanadu officially launches to build technologically-savvy healthcare". Pano Daily. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  9. ^ Babbage, Science and Technology (7 December 2012). "Not carbon-based, but effective". The Economist. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  10. ^ Main, Douglas (1 February 2012). "The Race to Build a Real Star Trek Tricorder". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Scanadu Team". Scanadu. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  12. ^ "The Dream of the Medical Tricoder". Economist Print Edition. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  13. ^ Schwartz, Ariel (2012). "Scanadu's Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds". Fast Co. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  14. ^ Geron, Tomio (29 November 2012). "Scan Your Temple, Manage Your Health With New Futuristic Device". Forbes. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  15. ^ McCracken, Harry (29 November 2012). "Scanadu Aims to Turn Smartphones into Healthcare Helpers". Time Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  16. ^ Taylor, Colleen (29 November 2012). "First Look At The Scanadu SCOUT, A Gadget To Bring Your Vital Sign Data To Your Smartphone". TechCrunch. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  17. ^ Honan, Mat (29 November 2012). "Scanadu Scout Wants to Be Your Personal Health Tricorder". Wired. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  18. ^ Metz, Rachel (30 November 2012). "A Gadget that Makes You the Doctor". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  19. ^ "CES Innovation Awards". CES Innovation Award. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  20. ^ "Company of the Year: Digital Health". Digital Health Group: Linked In. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Top Health Stories of 2012". Fast Company. December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  22. ^ "Top Health Tech Companies of 2012". Venture Beat. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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