The first medical device for non-invasive detection and monitoring of infant meningitis

Introduction

Meningitis is a life-threatening disease that can kill in a matter of hours or cause life-long disabilities if not detected promptly. Infants (<12 months) are the most vulnerable population with a compromised immunologic system.

Current Detection Methods

Although the incidence is relatively low in industrialized countries, neonatologists only count on lumbar punctures as the gold standard method to detect the disease. This method is invasive, risky, and cost-inefficient.

NEOSONICS Device

NEOSONICS is a patented first-in-class medical device based on high-frequency ultrasound to non-invasively detect and monitor infant meningitis.

Device Functionality

• The hand-held device is placed on the open fontanelle of a baby.
• Due to proprietary coupling materials and in-house developed machine learning algorithms, it detects the level of white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid at a sensitivity of 100%.

Impact on Clinical Practice

With NEOSONICS, lumbar punctures will be limited to only a few patients with infection (and no lumbar puncture contraindication) that will be non-invasively assessed with our innovation.