The American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation selected PyrAmes as the best business pitch by a panel of expert judges at its annual Health Tech Competition during Scientific Sessions 2023. PyrAmes was one of five finalists in AHA’s competition, which aims to drive innovation and foster advancements with the potential to transform […]
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TEAMFund Global Health Innovator Award
PyrAmes CEO and Co-founder, Xina Quan, Ph.D., was recognized as the sixth winner of TEAMFund’s Annual Global Health Innovator Award and the sixth consecutive Female Founder. TEAMFund, is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity and a For-Profit Impact Fund whose mission is to enhance patient access to medical technology in low-resource settings. […]
PyrAmes Receives FDA Clearance for its Groundbreaking Boppli® Wearable Blood Pressure Monitoring Device
Boppli provides essential clinical information for newborns undergoing critical care Cupertino, CA, September 29, 2023 — PyrAmes Inc., a digital health company pioneering innovative blood pressure (BP) monitoring solutions, today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its revolutionary Boppli® platform to continuously and non-invasively monitor the blood pressure of critically-ill infants. Boppli offers […]
West Coast Pediatrics Consortium recognizes PyrAmes for pediatric medical device innovation
PyrAmes has been awarded a Catalyzing Pediatric Innovation (CPI) grant by the West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP), centered at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Including PyrAmes, only five innovators were selected for developing novel devices and technologies for pediatric patients in CTIP’s seventh annual competition. PyrAmes was selected for its novel […]
PyrAmes Inc. Announces Investment from March of Dimes to Support Maternal and Pediatric Health Products
CUPERTINO, CA and ARLINGTON, VA — PyrAmes Inc. has received an investment from March of Dimes, the leading organization fighting for the health of moms and babies, to support development and commercialization of its wearable technology to noninvasively monitor blood pressure, particularly for new mothers and their babies. PyrAmes’ goal is to develop more convenient, […]
International Journal Sensors Highlights PyrAmes’ Technology in Neonatal Clinical Study
PyrAmes’ innovative Boppli™ blood pressure device is featured in the journal Sensors, in a paper reporting a clincal study of 81 infants undergoing critical care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Sensors is a leading international, peer-reviewed journal on the science and technology of sensors. The paper, Clinical Study of Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring […]
PyrAmes selected for NIH RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge final phase
PyrAmes is among only 10 companies chosen to enter the final Technology Assessment phase of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge. The goal of the RADx Challenge is to improve maternal health outcomes for those who live in areas lacking access to maternity care through innovative promising home-based or […]
PyrAmes recognized by Bear Institute for pediatric digital health innovation
PyrAmes has been awarded first place in the Early Commercialization Innovation Track in Bear Institute’s second annual Pediatric Accelerator Challenge for Kids (PACK). The Bear Institute for Health Innovation is a partnership between Children’s National Hospital and Oracle Health Cerner Corporation using HIT to improve the quality of care for children. The PACK awards recognize […]
PyrAmes awarded prestigious AAP SOATT pediatric device award
SW National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium recognizes Boppli™ platform for pediatric medical device innovation CUPERTINO, CA and HOUSTON, TX, October 21, 2022 – The Southwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) awarded PyrAmes $25,000 for its Boppli platform— a non-invasive wearable sensor intended for neonatal ICU patients for continuous blood pressure monitoring with minimal skin […]
Sentec and PyrAmes form partnership to bring noninvasive care to critically ill infants
PyrAmes’ novel Boppli™ device enables continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring (cNIBP) for the hospital’s most fragile patients. PROVIDENCE, RI and CUPERTINO, CA, September 13, 2022 — Sentec and PyrAmes have established a commercial partnership to bring Boppli, PyrAmes’ first-of-its-kind continuous noninvasive blood pressure device, to neonatal intensive care teams throughout the United States. Boppli has […]
PyrAmes selected for LG NOVA’s Mission for the Future global challenge “First 50”
PyrAmes chosen from 1,300+ applicants to collaborate with LG on innovative connected health products. CUPERTINO, CA, February 10, 2022 — PyrAmes, Inc., a digital healthcare company focused on innovative products for continuous blood pressure monitoring, today announced its selection by the LG Electronics North American Innovation Center, LG NOVA in its inaugural cohort of startups […]
PyrAmes Technology Featured in Neonatal Intensive Care Journal
The PyrAmes Boppli™ device is featured on page 11 in the Winter 2022 edition of Neonatal Intensive Care: The Journal of Perinatology-Neonatology. The article focuses on how the Boppli is being developed to meet the need for continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). […]
PyrAmes selected for Plug and Play Japan’s Winter/Spring 2022 Batch Accelerator Program
Plug and Play Japan and its 49 corporate partners have selected PyrAmes for its global accelerator program, including 67 companies from Japan, the U.S., Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, and more. PyrAmes receives business development resources in the program’s Health track, focusing on Plug and Play’s interest in sensors and wearables. Plug and Play Japan […]
International Journal Sensors Showcases PyrAmes Technology and Applications
PyrAmes’ breakthrough blood pressure sensor is featured in Sensors, the leading international, peer-reviewed journal on the science and technology of sensors. The paper, Advances in Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring, highlights the added value of PyrAmes’ novel algorithm-based blood pressure sensor which uses machine-learning techniques to extract blood pressure values from the shape of the pulse […]
PyrAmes Raises $6 Million in Series A Financing
Cupertino, CA, — (Marketwired – April 20, 2021) – PyrAmes, Inc., a digital healthcare company focused on innovative products for continuous blood pressure monitoring, today announced the completion of a $6 million Series A financing. The investment round was led by GSR Ventures, with co-investments from Keytone Ventures, XTX Ventures and other investors. […]
FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
PyrAmes Inc. is proud to announce that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) to Boppli™, which fills the unmet need of monitoring the blood pressure of critically ill infants when an invasive arterial catheter cannot be used due to the risk of complications and adverse effects. […]
SWPDC Pediatric Device Award
PyrAmes is honored to be selected by the Southwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) as a winner of the SWPDC Spring Competition. The SouthWest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) is a “free no-strings-attached” virtual accelerator based at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine that supports pediatric device innovators nationwide throughout the […]
PyrAmes Awarded SBIR Phase I Grant from NIH
PyrAmes is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health. The Grant will be used for ongoing product development as well as clinical validation studies. A key objective of the NIH Grant Program is to facilitate development of promising medical technologies. The content of this announcement […]
Founding Member of CDC National Hypertension Control Roundtable
With hypertension reaching record levels, PyrAmes has joined with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the formation of the National Hypertension Control Roundtable. The Roundtable was formed in 2020 along with 50 other organizations committed to reversing this trend. Nearly half of adults in the US suffer from hypertension, but only about 1 in […]
PyrAmes Awarded SBIR Phase I Grant from USAF
PyrAmes is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Phase I grant from the United States Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program. Pyrames was part of a select group of companies asked to undertake a feasibility study to determine product viability within the Department of Defense (DoD). AFWERX is a program within the USAF and […]
One to Watch Award Exponential Medicine
Xina Quan, Co-founder and CEO of PyrAmes, accepted the One to Watch Award from Exponential Medicine. You can watch her acceptance presentation to the attendees starting at the 11:35 mark below. Exponential Medicine is an annual conference run by Singularity University, that provides leading scientists, inventors and thought leaders a forum to present and discuss […]
Winner of Texas HALO FUND Corona Award (Ignite Fire Pitch Competition)
At Ignite Healthcare Networks’ third annual Pitch Competition, PyrAmes was awarded a Texas HALO FUND Corona Award. The 10-week mini-accelerator program featured eight women-led digital health startup companies from Texas, California and Australia, and provided support to the businesses through $220,000 in cash prizes and investments, as well as mentorship from industry experts, investors and […]
2019 Winner of the NCC Pediatric Device Pitch Competition
PyrAmes was one of six pediatric device companies to win the “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” program during the 7th Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium. The program was developed to assist medical device companies in improving care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The Symposium is sponsored by Children’s National Hospital and […]
Selected for MedTech Innovator Accelerator
PyrAmes was selected by MedTech Innovator to participate in the 50 Best-in-Class Startups for 2019 Showcase and Accelerator from over 800 applicants. The companies are part of an elite group of MedTech developers and will be featured at the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 27th Annual Medical Device Conference in San Francisco on June 21 […]