What is "scanadu"

Scanadu is a Silicon Valley-based company that makes medical technology devices for consumers. It was founded some time before January 2011 by Walter De Brouwer, Sam De Brouwer and Misha Chellam in Silicon Valley. In mid 2011, Scanadu set up a lab at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., to help grow the company.

A prototype of Scanadu’s first product, the Scanadu Scout, was unveiled on November 29, 2012. The Scanadu Scout is a portable electronic device for consumer use designed to measure different physiological parameters, including temperature, heart rate, blood oxygenation, respiratory rate, ECG, and diastolic/systolic blood pressure. The device’s expected price will be around $199. Scanadu’s goal was to make the Scanadu Scout available by March 2014 to those who preordered it through Indiegogo and afterwards, to general consumers by Q1 of 2015. Scanadu is seeking approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the device before bringing it to market to ensure clinical-grade accuracy. Scanadu missed the initial shipping deadline; the devices finally began shipping in February 2015.