CliniCloud, which is developing a connected home medical kit, has raised $5 million in seed funding in a round led by Tencent and Ping An Ventures. The company has also announced a new retail partnership with Best Buy, which will be offering CiniCloud’s product at more than 500 of its stores starting in November. Online, the offering will be available a month earlier.
Founded by Dr. Hon Weng Chong and Dr. Andrew Lin, CliniCloud can digitally record respiratory and cardiovascular sounds using smartphone-connected stethoscope and non-contact infrared thermometer.
CliniCloud can digitally record respiratory and cardiovascular sounds using smartphone-connected stethoscope and non-contact infrared thermometer.Measurements recorded with these devices are then displayed inside the CliniCloud app, where the data can either be analyzed or sent directly to a doctor.
The company also has a deal with Doctor on Demand to provide its patients with video chat with doctors who on their end are able to use CliniCloud to access patients’ heart and lung sounds in real time, as if they were at the office in person.
Additionally, CliniCloud is working on implementing machine learning to eventually provide diagnoses using the device. According to the company, respiratory and cardiovascular sounds alone can help identify a large number common conditions such as Asthma, Pneumonia, and Congestive Heart Failure.
[Via: TechCrunch]