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It’s responsible for 1 in 5 deaths and an economic cost of more than [$300 billion a year in the US](https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm) alone.\n\nWhile half of smokers made a quit attempt in the past year, research shows it may take up to 30 attempts before they are successful. 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Almost one third of patients undergoing surgery experience complications, and 8% experience major complications \\[1\\]. Many surgeons have told us they blame themselves for sub-optimal outcomes, and this adds significant stress to their lives. As AI becomes more powerful, it offers tremendous potential to improve surgical decision making and reduce complication rates.\n\n**Our Solution**\n\nAndromeda uses AI to augment surgeons’ mental and cognitive faculties. We’re starting with a common prostate procedure that can treat over half a million patients per year and has better outcomes than all alternatives. Its steep learning curve limits the number of urologists who can perform it. The procedure is algorithmically simple, but it’s hard for urologists to know exactly where they are and what they’re seeing, resulting in mistakes and delays. We’ve designed a GPS-like location system to help surgeons accurately orient themselves and perform the best possible action in every moment.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=74646&key=user_uploads/4171/e37dbeac-932f-42bc-b896-954c0c4c0fcb)\n\nAfter launching, we’ll expand into other urologic procedures and then beyond. Whereas most surgical robots focus on multi-port laparoscopic procedures, we’re starting with natural orifice procedures that tend to be less mechanically complex. We’re a hardware-lite company and built our simple yet versatile robot in just three months. The main value we’ll provide is in our software. 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We observed first-hand the limited and ineffective treatment options available to heart failure patients, which led to poor quality of life and frequent hospitalizations. With Kevin’s Ph.D. in bioengineering, Stacie’s medical device + ops/strategy industry experience, and a shared vision to improve healthcare outcomes, Selera was born.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=78866&key=user_uploads/1135677/0a02856b-5a46-48f1-ac7a-0e7e890bf775)\n\n### **Problem 💔**\n\nOver 6.5 million people in the US suffer from heart failure, which is when the heart can no longer pump blood efficiently to the rest of the body. As the disease progresses, symptoms get worse, quality of life tanks, and hospital time skyrockets. It’s terrible for patients and their loved ones, as well as a huge burden to the healthcare system.\n\nOver 90% of symptoms and hospitalizations are driven by fluid buildup around the body (think: fluid in the lungs → patient can’t breathe → hospital). Standard of care medications to manage fluid hasn’t changed in over 60 years, have adverse side effects, require significant provider time, and become ineffective over time. As a result, patients are trapped in a cycle: fluid builds up, symptoms worsen, hospitalization, discharge, repeat. Post-hospitalization, the survival rate is similar to some stage 4 cancers – only 50% at 2 years – and reduces with each admission.\n\n### **Approach 🎯**\n\nWe are taking a brand new approach by harnessing the body’s own fluid management mechanisms to remove excess fluid, alleviate symptoms, and reduce hospitalizations.\n\nWith the heart not pumping blood as well as it should be, it causes backups in the blood vessels (like a highway when there’s construction). This forces fluid with important nutrients to leak out (detour) into the interstitial space, which is the space between organs and tissues. Normally, this fluid is collected and brought back to the bloodstream by the lymphatic system (a parallel highway with roads all over the body). However, the lymphatic system is overwhelmed by the extra fluid produced in heart failure due to the backups (when Maps reroutes everyone and the seemingly better alternative also has traffic). Without any other way out, fluid is trapped in the interstitial space, leading to the symptoms behind hospitalizations, such as swelling and chest pain depending on where the fluid is stuck. Our technology ‘untaps’ the fluid stuck in the interstitial space by offloading the lymphatic system so that it can work more efficiently (like opening up more lanes to reduce traffic).\n\nWith our one-time procedure, minimally invasive lymphatic offloading (MILO) provides long-term treatment and breaks the fluid overload hospitalization cycle for patients.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=78866&key=user_uploads/1135677/54435770-1a47-441b-93c5-206d14826845)\n\n### **Connect 🤝**\n\nWe’re looking to connect with cardiologists and interventional radiologists interested in partnering with us on product testing and future clinical trials.\n\nIf you’d like to learn more about what we’re working on or get involved, reach out to us at [founders@seleramedical.com](mailto:founders@seleramedical.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/KW2-selera-medical-disrupting-the-heart-failure-treatment-paradigm", "votes": 35, "created_at": "2024-02-28T20:56:05.210Z" } ] }, { "id": 31435, "name": "Lumius", "slug": "lumius", "former_names": [ "Lumius Imaging" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/19ff35f4e54afb89b7ab4ec1ed26198fc61066ae.png", "website": "https://www.lumius-imaging.com", "all_locations": "Durham, NC, USA", "long_description": "Ultrasound today is still mostly 2D. 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Our vision is to make 3D ultrasound a universal camera for the body.\n\n\n\n**Backstory**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=101060&key=user_uploads/3059826/d6bfe836-eb86-43cf-af8f-cf653183cebc)\n\nLuca Menozzi, Chenhang Li, and I bonded over ultrasound during our PhDs at Duke. For years, it has bothered us that ultrasound looks largely the same as it did decades ago. It is safer and more accessible than imaging tools like PET, CT, or MRI, yet it has never quite become as widely used in everyday care as it should be.\n\n**The Problem**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=101060&key=user_uploads/3059826/a37bfe1d-0a2f-4738-ac51-c7628335098e)\n\nThe vast majority of ultrasound imaging today is still 2D. Clinicians have to maneuver a probe while mentally reconstructing 3D anatomy from flat images. That makes ultrasound hard to learn and difficult to use, especially for newer clinicians.  3D ultrasound does exist today, mainly for cardiac and fetal imaging, but current systems cost roughly 10x more than standard 2D ultrasound machines.\n\n**The Solution**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=101060&key=user_uploads/3059826/63de8f91-ad1d-4cd2-abdc-cbd2461fcd5f)\n\nOur tech shows a clear on-the-fly 3D view of what's inside the body with AI assistance. Instead of relying on thin 2D slices, users see the full volume in context, eliminating the 2D guesswork that makes ultrasound difficult to use. \n\nOur device will be affordable, compact, and portable. AI integration will also make it context-aware and intelligent, guiding users by explaining what they’re seeing and what to do next. For example, automatically detecting and extracting blood vessels, nerves, muscle, and more. \n\nWe're starting with vascular access, particularly central line placement. This is a procedure where \\~50% of first attempts fail, especially among new clinicians. And hospitals spend millions each year training clinicians on 2D ultrasound. From there, we will expand to blood clot detection, nerve block imaging, tumor diagnosis, and biopsy guidance. Our long-term vision is to make 3D ultrasound a universal camera for the body, accessible to everyone. \n\n**Our Asks**\n\nWe'd love to hear from:\n\n* **Clinicians and hospital innovation teams** dealing with vascular access, nerve blocks, and/or ultrasound-guided procedures\n* **Med device innovators** or anyone in the healthcare/medtech space that are interested in 3D imaging guidance\n* **Anyone with feedback** on medical imaging, hardware, or FDA pathways\n\nPlease reach out to us at [contact@lumius-imaging.com](mailto:contact@lumius-imaging.com) or [book a quick call](https://calendly.com/contact-lumius-imaging/30min)\n\nSources: ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/QI0-lumius-the-3d-camera-for-the-body", "votes": 21, "created_at": "2026-05-08T21:35:39.201Z" } ] } ]