NexHand Inc.
Precisely quantifying SUI severity and sling tension
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
NexHand Inc. has developed proprietary, sensor-based "smart surgical glove" technology designed to enable physicians to assess the severity of stress urinary incontinence. Its technology has been developed into two disposable products: the first is a noninvasive diagnostic tool for assessing the severity of SUI in the clinical setting, the UroGlove, and the second is a probe-based sensor for determining proper tensioning of urethral slings during surgery.
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