Kupewa Kudulidwa kwa Matenda a Shuga kwa Odwala Owopsa

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Mphindi 4 zilizonse ku US, wodwala amataya chiwalo chifukwa cha matenda a shuga. Anthu akuda aku America amakumana ndi kudulidwa ziwalo zokhudzana ndi matenda a shuga 2x nthawi zambiri ngati azungu aku America.

Podimetrics lero yalengeza za $ 45 miliyoni Series C kuzungulira motsogozedwa ndi D1 Capital Partners, pamodzi ndi osunga ndalama awiri atsopano, Medtech Convergence Fund ndi Investor Strategic Investor. Osunga ndalama omwe alipo, Polaris Partners ndi Scientific Health Development, nawonso adatenga nawo gawo pazachuma. Asanakhale Series C, Podimetrics adakweza $28.3 miliyoni kuti athandizire kukonza ndi kugawa SmartMat yawo.

Ndi ndalama zaposachedwa, Podimetrics ikukonzekera kuyang'ana kwambiri pakulemba ntchito kuti apange magulu awo otukuka ndi kafukufuku, komanso kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa ntchito zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi gulu lawo la anamwino. Thandizo latsopanoli lithandiza opereka chithandizo ambiri omwe ali pachiwopsezo komanso mapulani azaumoyo kupititsa patsogolo kutengera kwa Podimetrics 'SmartMat kuti athe kukonza zosamalira odwala omwe ali pachiwopsezo omwe ali ndi zilonda zam'mimba za matenda a shuga (DFUs) zomwe nthawi zambiri zimayambitsa kudulira.

Podimetrics, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2011, idapanga SmartMat - mateti okhawo osavuta kugwiritsa ntchito, apanyumba omwe wodwala amapondapo kwa masekondi 20 patsiku. Mateyo amazindikira kusintha kwa kutentha kwa phazi, komwe kumayenderana ndi zizindikiro zoyamba za kutupa, nthawi zambiri kumatsogolera ku DFUs. SmartMat yoyeretsedwa ndi FDA komanso yogwirizana ndi HIPAA imayang'aniridwa ndi gulu lothandizira anamwino a Podimetrics. Ngati deta yochokera pamatope ikuwonetsa zovuta zaumoyo, gulu la anamwino la Podimetrics limalumikizana ndi wodwala komanso wothandizira odwala pafupi ndi nthawi yeniyeni momwe angathere. SmartMat, yomwe ilinso ndi Chisindikizo Chovomerezeka kuchokera ku American Podiatric Medical Association, yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi odwala masauzande ambiri kudzera m'mayanjano ndi otsogolera otsogolera omwe ali pachiopsezo komanso mapulani a zaumoyo m'madera ndi dziko, monga Veterans Health Administration.

"Odwala omwe timawatumikira ku Podimetrics ndi ovuta kwambiri ndipo akhala akunyalanyazidwa kwambiri ndi dongosolo lathu lachipatala," anatero Jon Bloom, MD, CEO ndi Co-founder wa Podimetrics. "Ndi SmartMat yathu komanso ndalama zaposachedwa, tili ndi mwayi wothetsa 'Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni'-nthawi yodula ziwalo ndikuzindikira koyambira kunyumba. Tilinso ndi mwayi wopititsa patsogolo thanzi labwino komanso thanzi la odwala omwe ali ndi matenda a shuga chifukwa cha ubale wapamtima womwe tapanga kudzera muukadaulo wathu wodalirika komanso chithandizo chamankhwala. ”

M'mayesero am'mbuyomu apakati pamitundu yambiri, zovuta zamapazi a shuga zidawonetsedwa mpaka masabata asanu asanaperekedwe kuchipatala. Ngakhale patatha chaka chathunthu, pafupifupi 70% ya odwala adapitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito SmartMat pafupipafupi. Kuzindikira koyambirira ndi machitidwe okhudzana ndi chisamaliro chodzitetezera nthawi zambiri kumabweretsa kupulumutsa kwakukulu, komanso, kulikonse kuchokera pa $ 8,000–$13,000 pakusungidwa kwa membala aliyense pachaka (kuwerengera ndalama kutengera kafukufuku wamakasitomala ndi kusanthula). Kuphatikiza apo, poganizira anthu aku America aku America ndi Hispanics ali ndi mwayi woti adulidwe ndi matenda a shuga kuwirikiza katatu kuposa ena, Podimetrics 'SmartMat ili ndi mphamvu zothandizira kuthandizira kupititsa patsogolo kwaumoyo pakapita nthawi.

Kafukufuku waposachedwapa wochitidwa ndi anzawo awonetsanso ubwino wotsatirawu pakati pa odwala omwe amagwiritsa ntchito SmartMat kunyumba: 71% kuthetsa kudulidwa; 52% kuchepetsa m'zipatala zonse chifukwa; 40% kuchepetsa maulendo obwera mwadzidzidzi; ndi kuchepetsa 26% kwa maulendo opita kunja.

Kutengera zomwe zapezedwa motsogozedwa ndi deta, posachedwa Podimetrics adasindikiza kafukufuku wowunikiridwa ndi anzawo mu Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, magazini ya International Diabetes Federation. Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti panthawi yosamalira ma DFU, odwala amakhala ndi mwayi womwalira ndi 50% ndipo amakhala ndi mwayi wogonekedwa m'chipatala katatu. Zomwe kafukufukuyu akuwonetsa ndikuti odwala omwe ali ndi DFU amakonda kukhala ndi matenda ena ambiri, zomwe zimawayika pachiwopsezo chachikulu chogonekedwa m'chipatala komanso ngakhale imfa. Kuphatikiza apo, odwala omwe ali ndi vuto lachipatala nthawi zambiri amakhala m'gulu la odwala okwera mtengo kwambiri m'chipatala. Chifukwa cha kafukufukuyu, zovuta zamapazi a shuga zimatha ndipo ziyenera kuwonedwa ngati zizindikiro za zovuta zina zodula zomwe sizimayenderana ndi ma DFU.

Kuphatikiza pa kafukufukuyu, yemwe adasindikizidwa mu Januwale 2022, Podimetrics yayamba kale kulimba mu 2022. Kampaniyo inachulukitsa kawiri ndalama zake kwa chaka chachitatu motsatizana, komanso kuwirikiza kawiri kukula kwa gulu lake.

"Ndife onyadira kuyanjana ndi Podimetrics ndikuthandizira zoyesayesa zake zopulumutsa miyoyo ndi miyendo," adatero James Rogers, Investment Partner ndi D1 Capital Partners. "Kukula kwathu kwachuma kudzakulitsa malonda a SmartMat omwe timakhulupirira kuti awonetsa mphamvu zochepetsera ndalama zosafunikira zachipatala pogwiritsa ntchito njira zodzitetezera, zowonongeka zomwe zimayika patsogolo zotsatira zapamwamba kwa odwala omwe ali pachiopsezo. Tikukhulupirira kuti Podimetrics ikupanga gulu lolimba ndipo ndiwolemekezeka kuthandizira ntchito yake yoyenera. "

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