
Medentum Innovations develops Medentum Diagnostik, an affordable, user-friendly handheld device that connects rural patients to primary care physicians and specialists nationwide. The device integrates camera, stethoscope, and biometric sensors to enable point-of-care health monitoring and AI-based disease detection without broadband internet. Their platform collects patient medical history and sociocultural data to contextualize disease and autonomously triages and connects patients to care. Medentum aims to address rural health disparities by improving access, enabling self-management, and enhancing provider efficiency, thus promoting health equity and preventive care.

Medentum Innovations develops Medentum Diagnostik, an affordable, user-friendly handheld device that connects rural patients to primary care physicians and specialists nationwide. The device integrates camera, stethoscope, and biometric sensors to enable point-of-care health monitoring and AI-based disease detection without broadband internet. Their platform collects patient medical history and sociocultural data to contextualize disease and autonomously triages and connects patients to care. Medentum aims to address rural health disparities by improving access, enabling self-management, and enhancing provider efficiency, thus promoting health equity and preventive care.
Product: Diagnostick — handheld multimodal remote diagnostics device + app (stethoscope, otoscope, pulse oximeter, thermometer) with AI analysis
Mission: Improve chronic disease management and health equity for rural and underserved communities
Recent funding: Grant led by ARPA-H announced Sep 15, 2023
Team size: About 6 employees
Rural and underserved healthcare access, chronic disease management, point-of-care diagnostics
2020
Health technology / Digital health
Disclosed funding event reported as a grant led by ARPA-H
“Received non-dilutive grant funding from ARPA-H, NIH, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority”