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Wow (I missed alumni demo day this year because I'm at a conference in Florida). I knew about a lot of these already, and some are great, but of those I didn't
by rdl 12y ago
Wow (I missed alumni demo day this year because I'm at a conference in Florida). I knew about a lot of these already, and some are great, but of those I didn't know about -- if http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/16/shift-labs-medical-devices-dripassist/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/16/shift-labs-medical-devices-... is actually possible, executes well, etc., it's going to be amazing, both in terms of any potential profits, but more importantly, changing the industry. Less extortionately expensive medical devices would be huge, especially outside the developed world. If equipment drops in price so it can be updated more frequently, it should evolve faster, and rapidly get better than the expensive equipment even independent of cost, too.
- anon8418 12y agoFDA clearance is a real pain. I spent some time at a medical device manufacturer and saw very long cycles from R&D to FDA clearance. I see their point about the high average cost of most medical devices, but I'm interested in why they started out with an infusion pump... that market is pretty competitive, even in the low-cost segment.
- josephpmay 12y agoAnother Company doing similar stuff is Stasis Labs. They're more focused on the low end (they're targeting small hospitals in India), but they have the potential to be huge http://www.stasislabs.com/ http://www.stasislabs.com/