数字健康领域涵盖了电子疗法、健康可穿戴设备以及可获取连接设备。据风险投资分析机构CB Insights的最新报告显示,数字健康领域的交易额去年增长了百分之二十。随着数字健康领域的繁荣发展,投资者们也开始把眼光放在专注医疗保健的创业公司上面。
物联网创业公司正在积极开发医疗健康领域的新应用,借助传感器来实现更好的诊断、监测、病人的管理与治疗。一部分创业公司着眼于临床级别的可穿戴设备来采集病人的数据;另一部分公司看到了医院传感器网络的机会,试图实现最优化的医疗保健服务与病人同步监测技术。
CB Insights根据内部的数据,描绘出了64家私营医疗保健领域的物联网创业公司图谱。
这些物联网创业公司都是为解决不同的医疗痛点、病人的实时监控、疾病防预问题而诞生的。CB Insights把其中有代表性的64家公司分成以下七类:
一、改善临床治疗效率:
这一类的创业公司旨在使用连接设备来改善医院和诊所的服务水平、追踪治疗结果,提高医疗服务提供者的治疗效率。比如Augmedix和 Obaa,可以使用像谷歌眼镜这样的智能眼镜用于医疗绘图。Simplifeye可以通过Apple Watch查看医生随访安排和电子病历记录。Awarepoint使用物联网传感器对病人和医疗设备进行实时定位。AdhereTech则通过连接的智能药瓶追踪剩余药品量。
二、临床级别的生物计量传感器和可穿戴设备
这一类的创业公司,如EarlySense和Monica Healthcare,着眼于生物计量传感器,可用于诊所、医院和一些获得FDA批准的专注于病人护理的公司。Quanttus,MC10和其他一些公司在研发临床级别的可穿戴设备,目前正在申请FDA的许可。其他像 Eyenetra这样的临床设备物联网公司,可以连接智能手机进行视力测验。
三、辅助消费者的家庭监测
这类公司致力开发针对消费者的用于收集生物计量信息的技术。包括抑制成瘾习惯的追踪产品Chrono Therapeutics、智能温度测量计Kinsa,以及Qardio和AliveCor这样的监测系统,可以让患者在家完成心电图的检测。
四、脑部、神经传感器
这类公司主要开发用高科技头戴设备获取脑部信息的可穿戴设备。Ybrain和InteraXon公司可以读取脑电波,Thync可以传输心情变化的神经信号。其他,像Neurovigil这样的创业公司专注于非侵害性的神经科技(脑电波的读取与记录),用来分析药品的有效性,追踪神经病理学数据。Neurovigil在去年已经完成了A轮融资,参投的有德丰杰风险投资公司和企业家埃隆·马斯克等。
五、用于运动塑形的可穿戴设备
这一类的创业公司,比如Lumo和OMsignal专注于开发用户健身的可穿戴设备或者智能成衣。Lumo可以随时监测佩戴者的身体形态,进而通过提醒来改善其坐姿。OMsignal 开发了一系列的运动服,可以测试人们的心率、呼吸频率和燃烧的卡路里数量。
六、睡眠监测设备
这类公司主要关注于睡眠质量的监测。代表公司有Hello和Beddit。Hello公司开发的Sense睡眠监测设备,可以在用户入睡后自动检测睡眠情况并进行打分,还会告诉用户周围环境是否对睡眠质量造成影响。Beddit能够测量用户的总睡眠时间、休息心率、呼吸速率、需要多久才能够入睡、起床次数以及进入深度睡眠的总时间。
七、婴儿监测
这一类公司有Qwlet和Sprouting这样的可穿戴设备技术用于婴儿的活动追踪和健康监测。Owlet婴儿智能袜能够监测宝宝的健康和舒适度,记录宝宝的心率、血氧水平、睡眠质量、皮肤温度以及睡眠位置等信息。Sprouting内置的传感器可以追踪婴儿的心率、皮肤温度,动作和位置。
下面是涵盖的全部64家医疗物联网公司:
The Map of Healthcare IoT
Company | Select Investors | Category |
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Augmedix | DCM Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Rock Health | Clinical Efficiency |
Teletracking | No outside funding | Clinical Efficiency |
Fruit Street | Various Angel Investors | Clinical Efficiency |
AdhereTech | Blueprint Health | Clinical Efficiency |
Obaa | Health Wildcatters | Clinical Efficiency |
Simplifeye | AngelPad | Clinical Efficiency |
Pristine | Capital Factory, Healthfundr and S3 Ventures | Clinical Efficiency |
Voluntis | BPI France, Qualcomm Ventures, Innovation Capital | Clinical Efficiency |
Awarepoint | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Venrock, Cardinal Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners | Clinical Efficiency |
Evermind | Tristar Technology Ventures, Jumpstart Foundry, Solidus Company | Clinical Efficiency |
Quanttus | Khosla Ventures, Matrix Partners | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
VitalConnect | Undisclosed investors | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
MC10 | Osage Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Braemar Energy Ventures | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Senseonics | Delphi Ventures, HealthCare Ventures | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
BL Healthcare | Verizon Ventures | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Sotera Wireless | Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Sanderling Ventures | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
ConnectedHealth | Get2Volume, Sovran | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
iRhythm Technologies | Synergy Life Science Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, St. Jude Medical | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Proteus Digital Health | Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Essex Woodlands, Oracle | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Silent Alert Monitor | Undisclosed Angel Investors | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Eyenetra | Khosla Ventures | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
EarlySense | ProSeed Venture Capital, Pitango Venture Capital | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Monica Healthcare | Catapult Venture Managers, New Hill | Clinical-Grade Biometric Sensors |
Sano Intelligence | Rock Health, Intel Capital, Felicis Ventures, True Ventures | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
GlucoVista | ff Venture Capital | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Qardio | Undisclosed Investors | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Whoop | NextView Ventures, Atlas Venture | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Aira.IO | ARCH Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Scott Belsky | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Chrono Therapeutics | National Cancer Institute, GE Ventures, Mayo Clinic | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
BioSerenity | IDInvest Partners and Kurma Life Science Partners | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Sunsprite | Maine Angels | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Kinsa | FirstMark Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
TuringSense | SV Tech Ventures, Angel Plus | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Infobionic | Launchpad Venture Group, Mass Medical Angels | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Scanadu | Relay Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Cue | Immortalana, Sherpa Capital | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
AliveCor | Qualcomm Ventures | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Thalmic Labs | Spark Capital, Intel Capital, First Round Capital, Y Combinator | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Angel Sensor | 500 Accelerator | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
3rings | Westfield Health | Consumer / Home Monitoring |
Neurovigil | Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Elon Musk, Tim Draper | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Jan Medical | Brainlab | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Thync | Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Muse | ff Venture Capital, A-Grade, Felicis Ventures | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Neurosky | Taicom Capital, Taiwan Global BioFund | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Ybrain | Stonebridge Capital | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Halo Neuroscience | Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz | Brain Sensors / Neurotechnology |
Sensoria | Startcaps Ventures, Reply SpA | Fitness Wearables |
Lumo | Innovation Endeavors, Madrona Venture Group | Fitness Wearables |
OMsignal | Bessemer Venture Partners | Fitness Wearables |
Motiv | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Fitness Wearables |
Athos Works | Social Capital, True Ventures | Fitness Wearables |
Atlas | In-Q-Tel, JRG Capital | Fitness Wearables |
Moov | Banyan Capital | Fitness Wearables |
WiThings | Ventech, 360 Capital Partners | Fitness Wearables |
Misfit | Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, GGV Capital | Fitness Wearables |
Jawbone | Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Fitness Wearables |
Beddit | Inventure | Sleep Monitoring |
Novasom | Atherton Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson Innovation | Sleep Monitoring |
Hello | Horizons Ventures, Hugo Barra | Sleep Monitoring |
Sproutling | First Round Capital, Shawn Fanning | Infant Monitoring |
BabyBe | HAX | Infant Monitoring |
Mimo | Xfund, Andy Parlmer | Infant Monitoring |
Owlet | ff Venture Capital, Peak Capital, TechStars | Infant Monitoring |