Heightened Concussion Awareness Calls For New Detection Tools
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Medical device start-ups are surging into new territory in mild traumatic brain injury or concussion detection, which has heretofore lacked objective diagnostics and monitoring tools. Profiles of Cerora, MC10, Oculogica, and Sway Medical.
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