Serena-backed health tech lands first FDA approval for home cervical cancer test

The first time there is FDA Only one device confirmed This allows people to the screen from home to cervical cancer.

Tear cansiya, known as the teal bar, allows the recipe device to collect patients and send to the laboratory to get the same test as a doctor’s office.

Teal Health has been announced A seed extension of $ 10 million In January, the total financing amount increased by $ 23 million, then the techcrunch. Investors in the period include Serena enterprises, Chelsea Clinton, Emerson team and Forerunner. The device can be quite scary for many people, known as the screening of cervical cancer, get a pap smear.

“Cervical cancer examinations are the most important and often entrance to a woman’s health,” Kara Egan, co-founder and CEO reported in Techcrunch in January. “More than 1 in 4 women currently stands behind this life-saving examination.”

Cervical cancer was one of the most common cancers for women, but more choice and prevention helped this for the American Cancer Society, this helped more examinations and prevention. The rod kit includes a collection device and virtual access to medical providers reviewing the patient of laboratory results. Kits are available in California in June.