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I-Podimetrics namuhla imemezele umjikelezo we-Series C wama- $ 45 wezigidi eziholwa yi-D1 Capital Partners, kanye nabatshalizimali abasha ababili, iMedtech Convergence Fund kanye nomtshali-zimali wamasu ongadalulwanga. Abatshalizimali abakhona, i-Polaris Partners kanye neScientific Health Development, nabo babambe iqhaza ekuxhaseni ngezimali. Ngaphambi kochungechunge lwabo C, abakwaPodimetrics babekhulise imali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 28.3 ukuze kuthuthukiswe uphethiloli nokusatshalaliswa kwe-SmartMat yabo.
Ngalo mzuliswano wakamuva woxhaso, i-Podimetrics ihlela ukugxila ekuqasheni ukuze kwakhiwe amathimba abo okuthuthukisa umkhiqizo kanye nokucwaninga, kuyilapho futhi andisa ububanzi bezinsizakalo ezilethwa ithimba labo labahlengikazi. Lolu xhaso olusha luzosiza abahlinzeki abaningi abasengozini kanye nezinhlelo zezempilo ukushayela kabanzi ukwamukelwa kwe-Podimetrics 'SmartMat ukuze bakwazi ukuthuthukisa imiphumela yokunakekelwa ezigulini ezisengozini ebhekana nezilonda zesifo sikashukela (DFUs) ezivame ukuholela ekunqunyweni kwezitho.
I-Podimetrics, eyasungulwa ngo-2011, yakha i-SmartMat - okuwukuphela kwe-mat okulula ukuyisebenzisa, yasekhaya isiguli esiyinyathela imizuzwana engu-20 ngosuku. I-mat ibona izinguquko zokushisa onyaweni, ezihlotshaniswa nezimpawu zakuqala zokuvuvukala, ngokuvamile okuyisandulela kuma-DFU. I-SmartMat esulwe yi-FDA futhi ethobela i-HIPAA igadwa ukude ithimba labasekeli labahlengikazi abangaphakathi endlini ye-Podimetrics. Uma idatha evela kumata ikhombisa izinkinga zempilo ezingaba khona, ithimba labahlengikazi be-Podimetrics lixhumana nesiguli kanye nomhlinzeki weziguli eduze nesikhathi sangempela ngangokunokwenzeka. I-SmartMat, nayo enophawu Lokuvunyelwa yi-American Podiatric Medical Association, isivele isetshenziswe izinkulungwane zeziguli ngokubambisana nabahlinzeki bezempilo abagxile engozini kanye nezinhlelo zezempilo zesifunda nezikazwelonke, ezifana ne-Veterans Health Administration.
"Iziguli esizisebenzelayo ku-Podimetrics ziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi azizange zishaywe indiva uhlelo lwethu lokunakekelwa kwezempilo," kusho uJon Bloom, MD, CEO kanye Co-founder of Podimetrics. “Nge-SmartMat yethu kanye nalolu xhaso lwakamuva, sinethuba lokuqeda 'inkathi yeMpi Yombango' ukunqunywa kwezitho zomzimba ngokutholwa kusenesikhathi, okusekelwe ekhaya. Siphinde sibe nethuba lokuthuthukisa impilo nokuphila kahle kweziguli ezinesifo sikashukela ngenxa yobudlelwano obuseduze esibakhile ngobuchwepheshe bethu obuthenjwayo kanye nezinsizakalo zomtholampilo.”
Ocwaningweni lwangaphambilini lwezikhungo eziningi, izinkinga zezinyawo zesifo sikashukela ziboniswe ukuthi zitholwe kuze kube amasonto amahlanu ngaphambi kokuthi zethulwe ngokomtholampilo. Ngisho nangemva konyaka owodwa ogcwele, cishe amaphesenti angama-70 eziguli aqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-SmartMat njalo. Ukutholwa kusenesikhathi kanye nezenzo zokunakekela zokuvikela ezihlobene ngokuvamile ziholela ekongeni kwezindleko ezibalulekile, futhi, noma yikuphi ukusuka ku-$8,000–$13,000 ekongeni ngelungu ngalinye ngonyaka (izilinganiso zokonga ezisekelwe ocwaningweni nokuhlaziywa kwekhasimende). Ukwengeza, uma kucatshangelwa ama-Black Americans kanye nama-Hispanics anamathuba aphindwe kabili kuya kathathu okudinga ukunqunywa kwesifo sikashukela kunabanye, i-Podimetrics' SmartMat inamandla okusiza ukusekela ukuthuthuka kokulingana kwezempilo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva olubuyekezwe ontanga nalo luphakamise izinzuzo ezilandelayo phakathi kweziguli ezisebenzisa i-SmartMat ekhaya: 71% ukuqedwa kokunqunywa; 52% ukwehliswa kokulaliswa kwazo zonke izinkinga; Ukuncishiswa kwama-40% ekuvakasheni kweminyango yezimo eziphuthumayo; kanye nokwehliswa kwama-26% ezivakashini ezilaliswa ngaphandle.
Ukwakhela phezu kwalokhu okutholakele okuqhutshwa yidatha okuphawulekayo, i-Podimetrics yakamuva ishicilele ucwaningo olubuyekezwe kontanga ku-Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, iphephabhuku le-International Diabetes Federation. Lolu cwaningo luthole ukuthi ngesikhathi seziqephu zokunakekelwa kwama-DFU, iziguli zinamathuba angama-50% okufa futhi cishe aphindwe kathathu okuba zilaliswe esibhedlela. Okuboniswa yilolu cwaningo ukuthi iziguli ezine-DFU zivame ukuba nezinye izimo zempilo ezingapheli, ezizibeka engcupheni enkulu yokulaliswa esibhedlela ngisho nokufa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lezi ziguli eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokwezokwelapha zivame ukuba phakathi kweziguli ezibiza kakhulu ohlelweni lokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Njengomphumela walolu cwaningo, izinkinga zezinyawo zesifo sikashukela zingakwazi futhi kufanele zibhekwe njengezinkomba zezinye izimo ezingelapheki ezibizayo ezingavamisile ukuhlotshaniswa nama-DFU.
Ngaphezu kwalolu cwaningo, olwanyatheliswa ngoJanuwari 2022, i-Podimetrics isivele iqale kahle ngo-2022. Le nkampani iphinde kabili imali yayo ngonyaka wesithathu ilandelana, futhi yaphinda kabili ubukhulu beqembu layo.
"Siyaziqhenya ngokubambisana ne-Podimetrics nokusekela imizamo yayo yokusindisa izimpilo nezitho zomzimba," kusho uJames Rogers, Investment Partner ne-D1 Capital Partners. “Imali yethu yokukhula izokwandisa ukudayiswa kwe-SmartMat esikholelwa ukuthi ibonise amandla okunciphisa izindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezingadingekile ngokusebenzisa amasu okuvimbela, asekelwe engozini abeka phambili imiphumela yezinga eliphezulu ezigulini ezisengozini. Sikholelwa ukuthi i-Podimetrics yakha iqembu eliqinile futhi siyahlonishwa ukweseka umsebenzi walo ofanele. "
