seizure

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By  Jessica Hagen 03:48 pm September 26, 2022
Australian company Seer Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its at-home electroencephalograph (EEG) system, Seer Home, which helps providers diagnose epilepsy.   Seer Home’s EEG system enables patients to undergo week-long studies at home. Patients wear a device – the Seer Sense – around their shoulders with electrodes connected to the patient’s skull and chest to record brain (EEG) and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:50 pm September 22, 2022
Led by Ally Bridge Group and with the help of its existing shareholders, venture-backed Ceribell, Inc. has raised $50 million. The funding was structured as an extension of its $53 million Series C raise, which was announced in April 2021.  WHAT IT DOES Ceribell developed a rapid response electroencephalography (EEG) system to make diagnosing neurological patients more efficient. It says that its...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:27 am February 16, 2022
Epitel, maker of a wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) system for seizure detection, announced Wednesday it had scored $12.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV) and Genoa Ventures, with participation from Dexcom, OSF Ventures, Wavemaker 360, MedMountain Ventures and Salt Lake City Angels.  Before the Series A, Epitel had brought in more than $7.5...
By  Dave Muoio 12:31 pm March 25, 2021
NeuroPace, maker of an implanted neurostimulation therapy device for uncontrolled epileptic seizures, filed SEC documents yesterday outlining plans to raise as much as $75 million in an IPO listing on the Nasdaq. The Mountain View, California-based company has been around since 1997 and has brought in a couple hundred million in funding across several rounds, according to CrunchBase. In fact, the...
By  Jonah Comstock 12:01 pm February 5, 2018
Empatica's Embrace, the consumer-facing wearable for epileptic seizure detection, received 510(k) clearance from the FDA last month. The wearable, which has already been used in clinical trials by pharma company Sunovion, has a long history that's led it up to this milestone. The clearance is as a prescription, not an over-the-counter device, which means users will have to secure a prescription...
By  Jonah Comstock 12:27 pm April 11, 2016
Doctors at an emergency room in New Jersey used data from a patient's Fitbit activity tracker -- which they happened to notice on his wrist -- to determine his course of treatment. When the 42-year-old patient showed up in the ER at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey, he had already had a seizure and he had atrial fibrillation. Doctors had to decide whether or not to use an...