Parents in California who have children who get chronic ear infections will soon have a more convenient way to get their kids care.
San Francisco-based CellScope, a Khosla Ventures-backed Rock Health alum, has begun taking preorders for its FDA registered smartphone-enabled otoscope,called Oto Home.
“[While there is a physician version of the Oto,] our primary focus is on the consumer market and the Oto Home system,” Amy Sheng, the co-founder of CellScope told MobiHealthNews in an interview. “We’re focused initially on trying to find parents whose kids get chronic ear infections. There are almost 4.6 million of these ‘frequent flier’ kids each year in the US. Not surprisingly, those are families who really feel the pain point. As a parent you are constantly taking time off to bring them in.”
If it succeeds, CellScope’s device will be on a fairly short list of medical devices in recent history that made the transition from exclusively being used in clinical settings to finding its way home and into the hands of patients.
