Know The 3 Most Innovative Health-Care Companies

1.      Proteus Digital Health

For putting GPS in the pills. Finding out what is wrong with our bodies would be a lot easier if doctors could just see inside, isn’t it? That is the thinking behind Proteus Digital Health’s product, an ingestible sensor the size of a grain of sand and powered by stomach acid. When swallowed with a pill, the device, which won FDA approval last year, relays information to your smartphone about your intake schedule and how the drug is affecting your body. The ultimate goal is to embed the sensor directly within pharmaceutical products.

2.      Dexcom

For bringing design to your blood-sugar monitor. Dexcom treats medical devices like your favorite electronics. Its continuous glucose monitor (CGM) -a device that monitors a diabetic’s blood-sugar level via a sensor placed under the skin of the abdomen- could be mistaken for a sleek flip cam, and helped the company increase it revenue 42% in the second quarter of last year. In October, the FDA approved its newest line, the G4 Platinum, which offers a color LCD display, customizable alerts, and up to 30% better accuracy.

3.      GE Healthcare

For making an ultrasound for your whole body. While GE has long been the top seller of ultrasound devices around the world, Logiq, its light and portable laptop-size machine, can do things most others cannot. Logiq has become a favorite of sports doctors -most notably those in the NFL and major-league baseball- by allowing them to peer inside an athlete’s body moments after an injury. Its latest versions can construct 3D versions of scans and observe needles inside the body during injections.

 GE Healthcare