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🚑 Blood Tests, Body Reboots, and Bladder Fixes – This Week in Health
Some Fresh HealthTech Updates for you
HealthHack
May 16, 2025
Hi there 👋
Welcome to the second issue of HealthHack under the EU-Startups banner.
This week, we're spotlighting the kind of innovations that make you say: Why isn’t this already everywhere?
A five-minute blood test that detects strokes before you hit the ER. 3D-printed scaffolds that help breast tissue regrow after cancer surgery. A needle-free glucose monitor that’s basically your new secret weapon against diabetes. And a device that zaps overactive bladder symptoms—no meds, no surgery, just results.
If the future of healthcare feels like it's finally catching up to your life, that's because it is.
Let’s dive in.
Keep an eye out for this week’s Poll!
EDITOR’S CHOICE ✨
Stroke Diagnosis, Fast-Tracked
When it comes to stroke, every minute counts.
Upfront Diagnostics is bringing a game-changing blood test to emergency care—delivering results in just five minutes. Designed for use right in the ambulance, this test detects large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, the most serious type, so patients can be routed directly to stroke-ready hospitals.
This not only shaves hours off time to treatment but could dramatically improve outcomes and survival.
If adopted widely, it could become the new gold standard in pre-hospital stroke care.
Prevention & Precision
From diagnostics to genome editing, precision care is here—and it’s getting sharper.
 🌸 Tissue That Grows With You |  🧫 Genome Editing with a Safety Switch |
 🩸 Wearable Glucose Monitor Without the FingerpricksTransdermal Diagnostics is developing a non-invasive wearable that continuously monitors glucose—no needles, no patches, just data. A total shift in how we manage diabetes. 🔗 Read more |  🧬 Immune-Oncology, RechargedTilt Biotherapeutics is making cancer immunotherapy more potent with its oncolytic virus platform. These engineered viruses activate immune cells right inside the tumor, enhancing the effects of checkpoint inhibitors and opening doors for more responsive, less toxic treatment options. 🔗 Read more |
VISIONARY VOICES 💬
Building a Transatlantic HealthTech Highway
Meridian Health Ventures is launching the world’s first transatlantic HealthTech fund, creating a seamless bridge for healthcare startups between the U.S. and Europe.
Why does this matter? Because most breakthrough technologies struggle with fragmented regulations, different payer systems, and slow adoption across borders. This fund is designed to solve exactly that—helping companies scale globally with fewer roadblocks.
For patients, it means the health innovations born in Stockholm, Paris, or Boston don’t stay stuck in silos.
Chronic Care, Reimagined
Chronic conditions don’t need to mean constant trade-offs. These tools aim for relief without the side effects.
 ⚡Overactive bladder? No problem |  💉 Safer Numbing for Varicose Veins |
Mental Health & Behavior
Brain health isn’t just about diagnostics—it’s about making life work better, every day.
 📱 A New Home for Mental Healthcare NEU Health is building a digital-first care model for brain health, combining psychiatry, neurology, and diagnostics under one sleek virtual roof. Early intervention just got a tech upgrade.🔗Read more |  🚘 Driving With Schizophrenia, Tracked A new study uses real-world driving behavior to assess schizophrenia’s day-to-day impact. It’s opening a window into how people actually function—and where support systems can step in. 🔗 Read more |
Would you trust a wearable or AI tool to flag a serious condition before symptoms start? |
Neuro-Immune Frontiers
The next wave of medicine isn’t just about managing disease—it’s about reprogramming the body to fight back.
 🦾 Shoulder Surgery, Upgraded Insight Surgery's Glenoid Guide gives orthopedic surgeons AR-style precision when placing shoulder implants. Fewer errors, better outcomes, smoother recoveries.🔗 Read more |  🧬 France’s Big Bet on Genome Programming |
AI in Action
AI isn’t just helping clinicians—it’s becoming a teammate in the operating room, compliance office, and beyond.
 🛠️ AI in the OR Panda Surgical is rethinking surgery with AI tools that give clinicians smarter visualizations and real-time surgical guidance. Designed by surgeons, for surgeons—this is tech that knows what matters in the moment. 🔗 Read more |  🤖 Regulatory Chaos, Solved in Seconds Pure Global’s AI-powered tools turn MedTech regulation into a smoother ride. Their doc-builder and real-time helpdesk give teams direct answers on compliance and submissions—so you get innovation faster. 🔗Read More |
Well that’s it! 🚀
That’s a wrap on this edition of HealthHack.
From diagnosing strokes in minutes to rebuilding breast tissue with printed scaffolds, ditching fingerpricks for wearable glucose sensors, and calming overactive bladders with a non-invasive zap—this week was all about less pain, more precision, and way better outcomes.
The future of health isn’t about waiting rooms and paperwork—it’s fast, personalized, and finally catching up to what people actually need.
Until next time, stay curious, stay inspired, and stay healthy.
— The HealthHack Team