An at-home, hand-held breast imaging device could help women see abnormalities between mammograms–if Eclipse Breast Health Technologies meets its $650,000 Indiegogo goal. The campaign kicks off today and ends Oct. 4, which means they only have 45 days to do it.
If successful, Eclipse plans to use the money to bring the product to market by the end of 2014, starting with a 1,000-person user feedback trial in Q1.
“The goal is to have Eclipse in the hands of more than a million women by the end of 2015 and beyond 20 million within five years,” Eclipse founder and CEO Ken Wright said.
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The device itself works in tandem with a social network that connects users with data, insight and each other–called (sigh) the Pink Cloud, and an image review service. Users transfer images from the device to the cloud wirelessly or using a USB. They can access their images from their smartphones or schedule reminders for self-exams.
Wright dreamed up this technology while co-engineering a system that allowed submarines to “see” in murky water for the U.S. Navy. Now he wants to use that military knowledge for women’s health. According to a press release: “Scans are done by applying moderate pressure while sliding the device in an overlapping pattern across the breast to produce a series of high-resolution, deep-tissue images. These images are then automatically stitched back together to create one whole image of each breast for easy reviewing.” The transphotonic sensors are up to five times more sensitive than fingers, the company claims.
