Renovia, a women-led company that develops digital therapeutics for female pelvic floor disorders, announced today that researchers presented new data supporting the value of the leva® Pelvic Health System in treating female urinary incontinence (UI). Three accepted abstracts showed that leva delivers durable UI symptom improvement for 12 months following eight weeks of therapy, generates valuable real-world data that both supports leva’s effectiveness and provides an opportunity to…
Hinge Health, the digital musculoskeletal clinic is doubling down on women’s health and launching a new program dedicated to women’s pelvic health. announces the launch of a Women’s Pelvic Health program. One in four women has a pelvic floor disorder. Yet most women don’t receive treatment due to a lack of awareness, stigma, and inadequateaccess to pelvic floor physical therapists resulting in an…
Around 25% of adult women and more than 50% of women aged 80+ are affected by pelvic floor disorder like pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Despite this high prevalence, many of them are suffering in silence due to stigmatization or lack of access to effective treatment. Cosm, a Canadian startup, is now stepping up to bring change to this underserved space with Gynethotics,…
SWORD Health, known for tis digital musculoskeletal care offering, is entering the women’s health market with the launch of Bloom, a at-home physical health therapy solution for women. In the US alone, one in every four women suffer from pelvic health disorders. These conditions include sexual health, bowel or bladder and pelvic pain disorders, which can be present through all stages of…
Last week the German government added HelloBetter’s Vaginismus Plus to its DiGA directory after the app successfully completed the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices’ (in German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte aka BfArM) assessment procedure. The DiGa database is essentially a collection of regulated digital health products reimbursed via the government’s fast-track program. Per definition DiGAs are CE-marked medical devices…
We’ve said it before and we’ll keep saying it: Pelvic Health is having a year in 2022! And today we can add another successful raise in the space to our list: Canada-based Hyivy Health has announced the closing of a $1.1M pre-seed round to continue work on its first-in-class, holistic pelvic health rehabilitation system, that combines a device as well as digital…
Israeli sexual wellness startup Aquafit Intimate develops products and services that support women, who experience vaginal pain related to sexual health. A couple of days ago the company kicked off sales in the EU and is now serving women across 10 countries. Aquafit Intimate was founded in 2017 by Rebecca Sternberg, Varda Messer and Vered Italiano and has developed a patented line…
kGoal, a pelvic health company known for its smart Kegel trainer for women, has launched Boost, a new external Kegel trainer for men. Boost helps teach and encourage men to do Kegel exercises more consistently and effectively. Boost tracks user progress and uses interactive games, guided workouts and real time biofeedback for better results. Pelvic floor exercise has been shown to improve…
