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Mindset Medical Announces FDA Clearance for its Contactless Pulse Rate Measurement Device
- By John K. Waters
- 12/11/2024
Mindset Medical, an Arizona-based digital health company, today announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its contactless pulse rate measurement device, the Informed Vital Core (IVC) App. This clearance is Mindset Medical's first following the announcement of Series A financing on June 6, 2024.
"Mindset Medical is passionate about delivering meaningful healthcare applications to the patient’s home using the most ubiquitous device: their smartphone," said Mitch Foster, Chairman and CEO of Mindset Medical, in a statement. "This technology helps deliver health equity by potentially removing many barriers that patients and providers face regularly."
The company was founded members of Excelsius Surgical, provider of a robotic surgical platform. Recently, Mindset has developed proprietary signal-processing algorithms that extract health measurements from video. Combined with AI technology for advanced image analysis and facial recognition, these algorithms transform patients' smartphones into contactless vital sign measurement devices. The company utilizes secure and encrypted links delivered by SMS text messaging from healthcare providers to collect up-to-the-minute patient data and accurate remote physiological measurements.
This clearance for the IVC App allows healthcare professionals to collect pulse rate physiological measurements in a patient’s home using their own devices, such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. The IVC App makes it easier for physicians to collect basic health information in or out of the office, hospitals, clinics, long-term care settings, and the patient’s home.
The company's plan is to extend this application to include other physiological measurements in the future, not to replace wearables and in-person office visits, but to expand access to this critical information wherever the patient can use their smartphone, the company says. As physician and nursing shortages increase along with the aging population, Mindset Medical sees "meaningful benefits for both patient and provider by using the patient’s smartphone for care at home and away from the traditional provider office."
About the Author
John K. Waters is the editor in chief of a number of Converge360.com sites, with a focus on high-end development, AI and future tech. He's been writing about cutting-edge technologies and culture of Silicon Valley for more than two decades, and he's written more than a dozen books. He also co-scripted the documentary film Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance, which aired on PBS. He can be reached at [email protected].