Here are the healthcare-related ideas that made the publication’s Oct. 30 list of the top 200 inventions of the year (and why they were selected):
AI
Abridge (reducing physicians’ paperwork)
Google DeepMind AlphaFold 3 (finding cures)
Laguna Insight (supporting healthcare workers)
Design
Montage Health Ohana Center (healing amid nature)
Home health
AstraZeneca FluMist (an at-home nasal vaccine)
Dandi IVF Care Kit (improving fertility comfort)
Daye Diagnostic Tampon (convenient gynecological testing)
Dexcom Stelo (over-the-counter glucose monitor)
Laifen Wave Toothbrush (the toothbrush zenith)
Masimo W1 Medical (a stand-out health tracker)
Moonbird (fall asleep faster)
Nuvo Invu (remote pregnancy monitoring)
PherDal Kit (fertility helper)
Toi Labs TrueLoo (an AI-powered toilet seat)
Winx Health UTI Test & Treat (frictionless diagnosis)
Withings BeamO (home checkup)
Medical care
ALZpath pTau217 Antibody (a blood test for Alzheimer’s)
Amgen Imdelltra (treating small cell lung cancer)
ArteraAI Multimodal Artificial Intelligence (custom prostate cancer treatment)
Aspivix Carevix (reducing IUD pain)
Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal (helping surgeons improve)
Bristol Myers Squibb Cobenfy (tackling schizophrenia)
DermaSensor (simplifying skin cancer detection)
EarliTec Diagnostics EarliPoint (spotting autism in infancy)
Guardant Health Shield (simple cancer testing)
Northwell Health Double Neural Bypass (forging brain-spine connections)
Northwell Health iNav (catching cancer early)
Onward Medical ARC-EX (therapy for spinal cord injuries)
Overjet (clearer dental X-rays)
Paragonix Baroguard (a lung-saving innovation)
Phenomix Sciences MyPhenome (what’s your weight-gain type?)
Prenosis Sepsis ImmunoScore (saving crucial time)
Roche HPV Self-Collection Solution (a do-it-yourself pap smear)
Sarepta Therapeutics Elevidys (hope for a genetic disease)
Unify Medical Amplio (precise surgical vision)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics Casgevy (cutting-edge gene therapy)
Sustainability
Cabinet Health (a low-plastic pharmacy)
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