{{short description|Silicon Valley based company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Update|inaccurate=yes|date=March 2019}} {{promotional|date=September 2017}} }} {{Infobox website | name = Scanadu | logo = | company_type = Private company | foundation = 2011, Silicon Valley | location = Sunnyvale, CA, USA | founder = Walter De Brouwer, Misha Chellam | key_people = | industry = | revenue = | num_employees = <50 | alexa = | homepage = www.scanadu.com {{dead link|date=July 2020}} }}
'''Scanadu''' was a Silicon Valley–based company developing next generation tests, devices and services ostensibly to allow users to better monitor their own health. It was founded in February 2011 by Walter De Brouwer and Misha Chellam<ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite news|last=Wauter|first=Robin|title=Tech Crunch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/08/scanadu-raises-2m-check-your-body-as-often-as-your-email/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="USA Today May 2013">{{cite news|last=della Cava|first=Marco|title=Change Agents: Walter De Brouwer's magical tricorder|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/05/20/walter-de-brouwer-scanadu-usa-today-innovators/1957351/|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=20 May 2013}}</ref> in Silicon Valley. In mid-2011, Scanadu set up a lab at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, to help grow the company.<ref name="TechCrunch"/> It relocated to Sunnyvale, California, in September 2016.
A prototype of Scanadu's first product, the Scanadu Scout, was unveiled on November 29, 2012.<ref name="Comstock">{{cite news|last=Comstock|first=Jonah|title=Scanadu unveils smartphone-enabled home diagnostics|url=http://mobihealthnews.com/19288/scanadu-unveils-smartphone-enabled-home-diagnostics/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=MobiHealthNews|date=29 November 2012}}</ref> The Scanadu Scout was a portable electronic device for consumer use designed to measure different physiological parameters, including temperature, heart rate, blood oxygenation, respiratory rate, ECG, and diastolic/systolic blood pressure.<ref name="Engadget May 2013">{{cite news|last=Gorman|first=Michael|title=Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA approval|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/05/22/scanadu-scout-tricorder-final-design/|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=Engadget|date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=FW:Thinking>{{cite web|last=Vogelbaum|first=Lauren|title=How the Scanadu SCOUT Works|url=http://www.fwthinking.com//blog/scanadu-scout-works/|work=Blog post|publisher=FW:Thinking|accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref> Scanadu's goal was to make the Scanadu Scout available by March 2014 as an investigational device to those who participated in the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign and agreed to participate in a research study, and afterwards, to general consumers by Q1 of 2015.<ref name="TechCrunch Nov 2013">{{cite news|last=Brooke|first=Eliza|title=Scanadu Closes $10.5M Series A Round, Gearing Up To Send Its Medical Tricorder Through Clinical Testing|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/12/scanadu-closes-10-5m-series-a-round-gearing-up-to-send-its-medical-tricorder-through-clinical-testing/|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> Scanadu was seeking approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the device before bringing it to market to ensure clinical-grade accuracy.<ref name="GigaOM Nov 2013">{{cite news|last=Higginbotham|first=Stacey|title=Scanadu scores $10.5M and paves the way for FDA trials|url=http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/scanadu-scores-10-5m-and-paves-the-way-for-fda-trials/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140201004510/http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/scanadu-scores-10-5m-and-paves-the-way-for-fda-trials/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=GigaOM|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> Scanadu missed the initial shipping deadline; the devices finally began shipping in February 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scanadu.com/blog/shipping-has-begun/|title=Shipping Has Begun|date=8 June 2021}}</ref> In April 2016, Scanadu stated that the clinical trial with over 4,000 participants was ongoing,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scanadu.com/blog/scanadu-announcement|title=Scanadu Announcement|website=Scanadu|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> however in December 2016 they sent a message to the study subjects stating that the initial device had supported extensive data collection; and the Scout investigational device would only be supported until the end of the study, after which it would cease to function. However, as of October 2020 the devices still function.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
It subsequently relaunched as inui Health, claiming "FDA clearance for its smartphone-enabled home urine testing platform."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/inui-health-formerly-scanadu-announces-fda-cleared-home-urine-testing-platform|title=inui Health, formerly Scanadu, announces FDA-cleared home urine testing platform|last=Comstock|first=Jonah|date=2018-09-18|website=mobihealthnews|accessdate=2019-06-12}}</ref> In June 2020 inui Health was acquired by the Israeli healthcare startup Healthy.io.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/israels-healthyio-to-buy-inui-health-its-largest-us-competitor.html|title=Healthy.io, Israeli maker of smartphone urinalysis tech, buys its largest U.S. rival|last=Farr|first=Christina|date=2020-06-26|website=CNBC|accessdate=2020-06-27}}</ref>
==Products== alt=Scanadu Scout First Edition|thumb|All sides of a Scanadu Scout First Edition. It is approximately 6 cm in circumference and 1.6 cm in height. This device was used in the trial until it become dysfunctional. On November 29, 2012, the company announced a range of new tools. The Scanadu Scout is a compact device that is touched to a patient's temple and is touted as being able to produce vital sign results within 10 seconds. Project ScanaFlo is a urinanalysis test intended for screening of conditions like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, kidney failure and urinary tract infections. Project ScanaFlu is intended for use when a patient is exhibiting cold-like symptoms. The saliva test checks for Strep A, Influenza A and B, adenovirus, and RSV.<ref name="Comstock"/> The suite of products, originally conceived of in collaboration with IDEO,<ref>{{cite news|title=IDEO Archive|url=http://www.ideo.com/news/archive/2011/11/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=IDEO}}</ref> was designed by industrial designer Yves Behar.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mott|first=Nathanial|title=Scanadu officially launches to build technologically-savvy healthcare|url=http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/29/scanadu-officially-launches-to-build-technologically-savvy-healthcare/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Pano Daily|date=29 November 2012}}</ref>
Scanadu's long-term goal is to combine a range of electrical and biochemical sensors with computational algorithms to create a Tricorder-like device.<ref>{{cite news|last=Babbage|first=Science and Technology|title=Not carbon-based, but effective|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/12/scanadus-tricorder-scout|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=The Economist|date=7 December 2012}}</ref> Consequently, the company is often mentioned as a contender for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize.<ref>{{cite news|last=Main|first=Douglas|title=The Race to Build a Real Star Trek Tricorder |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/the-race-to-build-a-real-star-trek-tricorder-6649721?click=pm_latest|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Popular Mechanics|date=1 February 2012}}</ref> Another goal is to develop a group of users who would share their medical readings, such as heart rates and stress, over many years.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013">{{cite news|last=Hardy|first=Quentin|title=Personal Tragedy, Tricorders and the Idea of Mapping One's Body|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/tragedy-tricorders-and-aspiring-to-map-ones-body/?_r=0|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 December 2013}}</ref> The aim was to personalized medicine by aggregating data about the relationships between such readings as respiration, temperature and oxygen intake before disease onset.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" />
The idea for a product like the Scanadu Scout came to CEO Walter De Brouwer in 2003 after his five-year-old son<ref name="Wired UK Feb 2013">{{cite news|last=Sunenblick|first=Jesse|title=X Prize: making the Tricorder a reality|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/02/features/tricorder|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=Wired UK|date=17 February 2013}}</ref> fell about 40 feet and lapsed into a coma for 11 weeks.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" /> De Brouwer learned that none of his son's health data was being consolidated for analysis. "To someone from the tech world, this was like something from the dinosaur age," he told ''The New York Times''.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" />
In December 2016, Scanadu informed their customers it would no longer support its Scout device starting May 15, 2017.<ref name="Techcrunch 2016">{{cite news|last=Buhr|first=Sarah|title=Scanadu to shut down support for its Scout device per FDA regulation and customers are mad|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/13/fda-orders-scanadu-to-shut-down-support-for-its-scout-device-and-customers-are-mad/|accessdate=10 May 2019|newspaper=Techcrunch.com|date=12 December 2016}}</ref>
==Personnel== Walter De Brouwer, a co-founder, stepped down from CEO in April 2016, and Jaime Tenedorio was promoted to chief executive officer.<ref name=":0" />
==Funding and clinical trials== During summer 2013, Scanadu raised $1.66 million from 8,800 backers in more than 100 countries through Indiegogo.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" /><ref name=Indiegogo>{{cite web|title=Scanadu Scout, the first Medical Tricorder|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/scanadu-scout-the-first-medical-tricorder|work=Website|publisher=Indiegogo|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> Of those investors, more than 20 percent were U.S.-based medical professionals such as doctors and nurses.<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" /> Scanadu has since received an additional $10.5 million in Series A funding from Relay Ventures, Tony Hsieh's VegasTechFund, Jerry Yang's Ame Cloud Ventures, The Broe Group, Mindful Investors and Redmile Group.<ref name="USA Today Nov 2013">{{cite news|last=Snider|first=Mike|title=Scanadu gets funding and preps for device trials|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/11/12/scanadu-gets-funding-medical-plan/3504883/|accessdate=1 February 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> As of November 2013, Scanadu had raised $14.7 million.<ref name="GigaOM Nov 2013" /> The funding will support Scanadu's goals of participating in clinical trials to win FDA approval and then bringing the Scanadu Scout to market.<ref name="GigaOM Nov 2013" /> Also in November 2013, Scanadu announced it had formed a Medical Advisory Board and would conduct its first clinical trials at the Scripps Translational Science Institute.<ref name="BizWire Nov 2013">{{cite web|title=Scanadu Secures $10.5 Million in Series A Funding From Relay Ventures, Tony Hsieh and Jerry Yang|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131112005755/en/Scanadu-Secures-10.5-Million-Series-Funding-Relay#.UstPU3k11og|work=Press release|date=12 November 2013|publisher=BusinessWire|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref>
In April 2015, Scanadu announced it had raised $35 million in new funding and $49.7 million in total funding so far.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scanadu Raises $35M Series B To Check Your Pee And Scan Your Vitals|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/27/scanadu-raises-35m-series-b-to-check-your-pee-and-scan-your-vitals/|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Fortune April 27, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Higginbotham|first1=Stacey|title=With $35 million, Scanadu seeks approval for its medical 'tricorder'|url=http://fortune.com/2015/04/27/scanadu-35-million/|accessdate=5 May 2015|work=Fortune|publisher=Fortune|date=27 April 2015|ref=Fortune}}</ref>
==Press and accolades== Scanadu has received press attention from a number of blogs and media outlets such as ''The New York Times'',<ref name="NYT Dec 2013" /> ''The Wall Street Journal'',<ref name="WSJ Jan 2014">{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Don|title=Seeing the Internet of Things in Action|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303393804579308642134683098|accessdate=3 February 2014|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=8 January 2014}}</ref> NBC's TODAY show,<ref name="TODAY Show Jan 2014">{{cite web|title=Which is the smartest city in America?|url=http://www.today.com/video/today/54166233#54166233|work=Video|publisher=TODAY.com|accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> ''Popular Science'',<ref name="Popular Science Jan 2014">{{cite web|title=CES 2014: Scanadu's Real-Life Tricorder [Video]|url=http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/ces-2014-scanadus-real-life-tricorder-video|work=Video|publisher=Popular Science|accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> ''The Economist'',<ref>{{cite news|title=The Dream of the Medical Tricorder|url=https://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21567208-medical-technology-hand-held-diagnostic-devices-seen-star-trek-are-inspiring|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Economist Print Edition|date=1 December 2012}}</ref> ''Fast Company'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwartz|first=Ariel|title=Scanadu's Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds|url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/mba/1680950/scanadus-medical-tricorder-will-measure-your-vital-signs-in-seconds|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Fast Co|date=2012}}</ref> Forbes,<ref>{{cite news|last=Geron|first=Tomio|title=Scan Your Temple, Manage Your Health With New Futuristic Device|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/11/29/scan-your-temple-manage-your-health-with-new-device/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Forbes|date=29 November 2012}}</ref> ''Time'',<ref>{{cite news|last=McCracken|first=Harry|title=Scanadu Aims to Turn Smartphones into Healthcare Helpers |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/11/29/scanadu-aims-to-turn-smartphones-into-healthcare-helpers/|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Time Magazine|date=29 November 2012}}</ref> ''TechCrunch'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Colleen|title=First Look At The Scanadu SCOUT, A Gadget To Bring Your Vital Sign Data To Your Smartphone|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/29/first-look-at-the-scanadu-scout-a-gadget-that-brings-your-vital-sign-data-to-your-smartphone/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=TechCrunch|date=29 November 2012}}</ref> ''Wired'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Honan|first=Mat|title=Scanadu Scout Wants to Be Your Personal Health Tricorder|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/scanadu-scout-wants-to-be-your-own-personal-health-tricorder/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Wired|date=29 November 2012}}</ref> and the ''MIT Technology Review''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Metz|first=Rachel|title=A Gadget that Makes You the Doctor|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507886/a-gadget-that-makes-you-the-doctor/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=MIT Technology Review|date=30 November 2012}}</ref> It has also won a number of accolades including:
• CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Award for Health and Fitness (honorable mention).<ref name=Canoe.ca>{{cite news|last=Gazin|first=Greg|title=CES 2014: Scanadu Scout world's first Medical Tricorder is The Real McCoy|url=http://blogs.canoe.com/canoetech/signs-of-the-times/ces-2014-scanadu-scout-worlds-first-medical-tricorder-is-the-real-mccoy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033201/http://blogs.canoe.com/canoetech/signs-of-the-times/ces-2014-scanadu-scout-worlds-first-medical-tricorder-is-the-real-mccoy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=1 February 2014|newspaper=Canoe.ca|date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
• 2014 Everyday Health Award for Innovation in the Healthy Consumer category.<ref name="Everyday Health">{{cite web|title=Everyday Health Announces Winners of Awards for Innovation in Digital Health at 2014 International CES|url=http://corporate.everydayhealth.com/everyday-health-announces-winners-awards-innovation-digital-health-2014-international-ces.aspx|work=Press release|publisher=Everyday Health|accessdate=1 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105301/http://corporate.everydayhealth.com/everyday-health-announces-winners-awards-innovation-digital-health-2014-international-ces.aspx|archivedate=2 February 2014}}</ref>
• ''VentureBeat'' 26 Amazing Startups You Need to Watch in 2014.<ref name="VBeat Dec 2013">{{cite news|last=Tweney|first=Dylan|title=26 amazing startups you need to watch in 2014|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/26-amazing-startups-you-need-to-watch-in-2014/view-all/|accessdate=3 February 2014|newspaper=VentureBeat|date=31 December 2013}}</ref> • CES Best Innovation of 2013 in Personal Electronics Category.<ref>{{cite web|title=CES Innovation Awards|url=http://www.cesweb.org/Awards/CES-Innovations-Awards/2013.aspx|publisher=CES Innovation Award|accessdate=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142452/http://cesweb.org/Awards/CES-Innovations-Awards/2013.aspx|archivedate=3 April 2013}}</ref>
• Company of the Year by the 14,000+ member Digital Health LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) group, beating out other notable health tech companies such as Fitbit, Withings, Qardio, Alivecor, and Proteus Digital Health, among others.<ref>{{cite news|title=Company of the Year: Digital Health|url=http://www.linkedin.com/groups/My-2012-Digital-Health-Awards-2181454.S.197333603?trk=group_search_item_list-0-b-ttl&goback=%2Egna_2181454|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Digital Health Group: Linked In}}</ref> • Number Two Health Story of 2012 in ''Fast Company.''<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Health Stories of 2012|url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681093/the-top-13-health-stories-of-2012#1|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Fast Company|date=December 2012}}</ref>
• Number Ten Medtech Story of 2012 in ''VentureBeat''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Health Tech Companies of 2012|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/health-tech/|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Venture Beat}}</ref>
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