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DermaSensor wins MedTech Innovator Mid-Stage Companies Pitch Event

May 13, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

DermaSensor skin cancer MedTech Innovator DeviceTalks Boston

DermaSensor can evaluate a skin lesion for skin cancer risk in under 30 seconds, according to the company. [Image courtesy of DermaSensor]

DermaSensor Inc. — the creator of a handheld, point-and-click device to quickly assess skin lesions for cancer risk — is the winner of the MedTech Innovator Mid-Stage Companies Pitch Event. 

The Miami-based mid-stage company beat out 1,000 applicants, more than 20 of which competed on-site May 10–11, 2022 at DeviceTalks Boston. DermaSensor walked away with a cash prize and admission to MedTech Innovator and its host of benefits.

DermaSensor’s device uses optical spectroscopy. A light-emitting tip non-invasively touches the lesion, receiving and analyzing data from below the skin at cellular and subcellular levels. The technology could help general practitioners better spot lesions that are potential problems before forwarding their patients to a dermatologist for further evaluation.

Research involving 57 general practitioners — included in a poster presentation at the World Congress of Teledermatology in 2021 — showed the doctors were able to catch 13% more skin cancers with DermaSensor.

“Our expert evaluators were enthusiastic about DermaSensor’s ability to enable earlier detection of skin cancer and improve equity of access to diagnostics via primary care providers while addressing the shortage of dermatologists and long wait times for referrals,” said MedTech Innovator CEO Paul Grand.

DermaSensor CEO Cody Simmons was honored by the company’s win. “With the benefit of their support and resources, we’ll be even better positioned to get our breakthrough product in the hands of physicians and their patients.”

Three other companies joined DermaSensor in the final round at DeviceTalks Boston, in which they were questioned by a distinguished panel of executives from Johnson & Johnson, Olympus, Asahi Intecc and BD:

  • Sotera Wireless (San Diego) is the creator of the ViSi Mobile patient monitoring system for comprehensive vital signs monitoring. The goal is to keep clinicians connected to their patients — whether in bed, in transport or while ambulating.
  • Phagenisis (Manchester, U.K., and Düsseldorf, Germany) has developed Phagenyx, a treatment for the cause of dysphagia. Phagenyx restores the neurological control of swallowing.
  • RevBio (Lowell, Massachusetts) developed Tetranite, a patented, synthetic, injectable, self-setting, load-bearing, and osteoconductive bone adhesive biomaterial. It bonds bone to bone and bone to metal.
A portrait of Cody Simmons, CEO of DermaSensor MedTech Innovator DeviceTalks Boston

Cody Simmons is the CEO of DermaSensor. [Photo courtesy of DermaSensor]

A portrait of Reinhard Krickl, CEO of Phagenesis MedTech Innovator DeviceTalks Boston

Reinhard Krickl is the CEO of Phagenesis [Photo courtesy of Phagenesis]

A portrait of Brian Hess, CEO and founder of RevBio MedTech Innovator DeviceTalks Boston

Brian Hess is the CEO and founder of RevBio [Photo courtesy of RevBio]

A portrait of Devin McCombie, CEO of Sotera Wireless MedTech Innovator DeviceTalks Boston

Devin McCombie is CEO of Sotera Wireless [Photo courtesy of Sotera Wireless]

About The Author

Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at cnewmarker@wtwhmedia.com.

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