fluid monitoring

Johns Hopkins spinout Vixiar gets $1.5M for tablet-based cardiac measurement system

By Jonah Comstock 03:04 pm March 20, 2019

Vixiar, a Johns Hopkins spinout marketing a tablet-based point of care system for assessing cardiac filling pressure, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. This brings the company’s total funding to $3 million. New investors Emerald Development Managers and MMG Opportunities contributed to the round, along with existing investor The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO),...

High-tech vest that measures lung fluid could benefit those with heart failure

By Jeff Lagasse 03:53 pm July 31, 2017

Doctors at The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital are testing a high-tech vest which measures fluid inside the lungs from outside a person’s clothing. It could potentially be a new way to prevent repeated trips to the hospital for the nearly six million Americans living with heart failure. The SensiVest, created by Sensible Medical, uses radar technology that was first used by...