Maminitsi ega ega e4 muUS, murwere anorasikirwa negumbo nekuda kwedambudziko reshuga. Vatema vekuAmerica vanotarisana nechirwere cheshuga-chine chekuita nekudimburwa makumbo 2x kakawanda sevachena vekuAmerica.
Podimetrics nhasi yakazivisa $45 miriyoni Series C kutenderera inotungamirwa neD1 Capital Partners, pamwe nevaviri vatsva vanoisa mari, iyo Medtech Convergence Fund uye asina kuziviswa ane hunyanzvi investor. Varipo varipo, Polaris Partners uye Scientific Health Development, vakapindawo mukubhadhara mari. Vasati vasvika Series C yavo, Podimetrics yakanga yakwidza madhora 28.3 miriyoni mumari yekusimudzira mafuta uye kugovera yavo SmartMat.
Neiyi yazvino kutenderera kwemari, Podimetrics inoronga kutarisa nezve kuhaya kuvaka kunze kwechigadzirwa chavo zvikwata zvekutsvagisa, uku vachiwedzera hupamhi hwemasevhisi anounzwa neboka ravo rekutsigira mukoti. Iyi mari nyowani ichabatsira vanopa vari panjodzi uye zvirongwa zvehutano kufambisa kutorwa kwePodimetrics 'SmartMat kuitira kuti vagone kuvandudza mibairo yekuchengeta varwere vari panjodzi vanobata neshuga makumbo maronda (DFUs) ayo anowanzo tungamira mukudimburwa maoko.
Podimetrics, yakavambwa muna 2011, yakagadzira SmartMat - iyo chete iri nyore kushandisa, pamba-yepamba iyo murwere anotsika kwemasekonzi makumi maviri pazuva. Iyo mat inoona shanduko yekushisa mutsoka, iyo inosanganiswa nezviratidzo zvekutanga zvekuzvimba, kazhinji inotungamira kune DFUs. Iyo FDA-yakacheneswa uye HIPAA-inoenderana SmartMat inotariswa kure nePodimetrics 'mu-imba mukoti rutsigiro timu. Kana iyo data kubva pameti ichiratidzira yezvingangoita nyaya dzehutano, timu yevakoti yePodimetrics inobatanidza nemurwere uye mupi wevarwere munguva yepedyo nenguva sezvinobvira. Iyo SmartMat, iyo zvakare ine Chisimbiso cheKubvumidzwa kubva kuAmerican Podiatric Medical Association, yakatoshandiswa nezviuru zvevarwere kuburikidza nekudyidzana nevanotungamira njodzi-hwakatarisana nevanopa hutano hwehutano uye matunhu uye enyika zvirongwa zvehutano, seVeterans Health Administration.
"Varwere vatinoshumira kuPodimetrics vakaoma zvikuru uye vakanyanya kufuratirwa nehutano hwedu hwehutano," akadaro Jon Bloom, MD, CEO uye Co-founder wePodimetrics. “NeSmartMat yedu uye nemari yazvino iyi, tine mukana wekugumisa 'Hondo Yevagari vemo'-nguva yekudimurwa mitezo nekukasika, kutariswa kumba. Isu tine zvakare mukana wekuvandudza hutano hwese uye kugara zvakanaka kwevarwere vari kubata nechirwere cheshuga nekuda kwehukama hwepedyo hwatakavaka kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwedu hwakavimbika uye mabasa ekiriniki. "
Mune imwe yapfuura yakawanda-center kuyedzwa, matambudziko etsoka dzeshuga akaratidzwa kuti akaonekwa kusvika kumavhiki mashanu asati auya kuchipatara. Kunyangwe mushure megore rizere, vangangoita makumi manomwe muzana evarwere vakaramba vachishandisa SmartMat nguva dzose. Kuonekwa kwekutanga uye zviito zvekuchengetedza zvine chekuita nekudzivirira zvinowanzokonzera kukosha-kuchengetedzeka kwemutengo, zvakare, chero kupi kubva pamadhora 70–$8,000 mukuchengetedza panhengo pagore (kuyerwa kwekuchengetedza kunoenderana nekutsvaga kwevatengi uye kuongorora). Pamusoro pezvo, tichifunga nezvevatema vekuAmerica neveHispanics vane mukana wakapetwa kaviri kana katatu wekuda kudimburwa chirwere cheshuga kupfuura vamwe, Podimetrics 'SmartMat ine simba rekubatsira kutsigira kufambira mberi kwehutano nekufamba kwenguva.
Ongororo ichangobva kuitika yevezera yakaratidzawo zvinotevera zvinobatsira pakati pevarwere vanoshandisa SmartMat kumba: 71% kubviswa kwekugurwa; 52% kuderedzwa kwezvose-zvinokonzera muchipatara; 40% kuderedzwa mukushanya kwedhipatimendi rekukurumidzira; uye kuderedzwa kwe26% mukushanya kwevanorwara kunze.
Kuvaka pane izvi zvinofambiswa nedata zvakawanikwa, nguva pfupi yadarika Podimetrics yakaburitsa tsvakiridzo yakaongororwa nevezera muDiabetes Research uye Clinical Practice, iro gwaro reInternational Diabetes Federation. Tsvagiridzo iyi yakawana kuti panguva dzezvikamu-zvekutarisira DFUs, varwere vane 50% mukana wekufa uye kanenge katatu mukana wekuiswa muchipatara. Zvinoratidzwa netsvagiridzo iyi ndezvekuti varwere vane DFU vanowanzove nehumwe hutano husingapere, huchivaisa panjodzi huru yekuiswa muchipatara uye kunyangwe rufu. Pamusoro pezvo, varwere vakaoma zvekurapa ava vanowanzova pakati pevarwere vanodhura zvakanyanya mukati mehutano hwehutano. Nekuda kwetsvagiridzo iyi, matambudziko etsoka dzechirwere cheshuga anogona uye anofanirwa kutariswa sezviratidzo zvezvimwe zvinodhura zvisingaperi zvirwere zvisingawanzobatanidzwa neDFUs.
Mukuwedzera kune iyi tsvakurudzo, iyo yakabudiswa munaJanuary 2022, Podimetrics yakatotanga kutanga kwakasimba muna 2022. Kambani yakawedzera kaviri mari yayo yegore rechitatu mumutsara, uye yakawedzera kaviri hukuru hweboka rayo.
"Tinodada nekubatana nePodimetrics uye kutsigira kuedza kwayo kuponesa hupenyu nemakumbo," akadaro James Rogers, Investment Partner neD1 Capital Partners. "Kukura kwedu mari ichawedzera kushambadzira kweSmartMat iyo yatinotenda yakaratidza kugona kudzikisa zvisina basa mari dzehutano kuburikidza nekudzivirira, nzira dzenjodzi dzinoisa pamberi pemhando yepamusoro yevarwere vanotambura. Tinotenda kuti Podimetrics iri kuvaka timu yakasimba uye inokudzwa kutsigira basa rayo rakakodzera. "
