Kinsa Inc. is a health technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. The company manufactures smart thermometers, currently producing a smart stick thermometer (oral, rectal, underarm thermometer), smart ear thermometer and a Sesame Street branded smart ear thermometer. Its thermometers connect to a free app that tracks historic temperature, symptom and diagnostic data. The company's mission is to create the first real-time map of human health.
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History
The company was founded by Inder Singh In March 2012.
In 2014, Kinsa raised $9.6 million to be used for developing and testing its first medical thermometer, a thermometer that uses smartphone-connected sensors. The smart thermometer collects illness data which is analyzed and displayed by an app developed by the company. Users can track temperatures, symptoms, medication doses and diagnoses, as well as get real-time guidance on what to do if symptoms are cause for concern. The app also has a local groups feature for school communities with a health summary and message board. It tells members which illnesses are going around their school, such as the flu or strep throat.
Later in 2014, Kinsa received FDA 510(k) clearance for the smart thermometer. It began to be sold in Apple stores in December 2014. and was featured in an Apple commercial.
In 2015 Kinsa launched another product, a BLE smart ear thermometer, which syncs with the app via Bluetooth. It uses the same health tracker app.
In 2016, Kinsa launched its third product, a second smart ear thermometer, in partnership with Sesame Street Updates to the app for the new smart thermometer include the voice and image of Elmo who speaks to kids as they're taking their temperatures.
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Awards
- Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation - Grand Prize
- Demo Mobile 2013 - Grand Prize
- Health 2.0/DC2VC - Grand Prize
- New York City Innovate Health Tech - Grand Prize
References
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