[dr_]

Congrats on your launch. Question, if the device is suggesting the user may be developing a stroke - what do they do? Do they go to the ER and show the docs that there’s abnormal electrical activity so imaging of the brain must be done? Without physical symptoms, I’m not sure most ERs would be prepared to deal with this…or would they? Or is it assumed symptoms would develop by the time the patient arrives to the ER?

[ycorvar]

1) Our algos are designed to detect brain activity patterns that are associated with the onset of stroke. Detection of these patterns will send an alert to the individual, their caregivers, and 911 (can opt out).

2) The patient will present to the ED, via medical transport or in special circumstances private transport. We will perform informative sessions with the EDs that lie within our initial rollout area. The EDs will know what to expect and will perform imaging on patients arriving with our alert. Going forward, the individual will also have information on their app they will be able to show the physician, to inform them with data about our tech.

3) Most commonly symptoms develop within minutes, after the neurons are no longer receiving oxygen. In an ideal scenario treatment could be provided in the patient’s home right after the alert, but before this can happen the tech will need to have gone through additional confirmation. We are currently relying on confirmation of the stroke in the ED with the current gold standard: CT perfusion or MRI.