The Power of Your Real-Time Biochemical Data—Ben Hwang—Profusa
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Most of us go to the doctor about once a year, or at least we should in order to get a routine check-up and some blood tests done. This visit allows for an important dialogue about our health, including information about our biochemistry such as how much sodium, potassium, or glucose is in our system at the time of the appointment. However, it can be hard to keep up with the changes the doctor recommends because it's easy to forget about them when life seems to get in the way.
What if there was a way to monitor your own personal biochemistry in real-time? You had a salad for lunch instead of a donut, and you went for a walk after work instead of sitting on the couch; if you could get the biochemical data associated with those lifestyle changes in real-time, you might be more likely to continue implementing healthful changes and paying attention to the way your body responds to different stimuli.
Until now, the technology that would allow for this simply hasn't existed.
On today's episode, CEO of Profusa, Ben Hwang, talks about a new and affordable technology that puts the power of biochemical data in the hands of the user. Unlike other biochemical sensors that don't last longer than a couple of days or weeks, the Profusa sensor can last for years, which means it's affordable and more convenient for you. Interested in learning more?
Tune in to discover:
- How the Profusa sensor overcomes the body's foreign body response, which allows it to remain in the body for years
- What iochemical the Profusa sensor is currently able to detect, and which biochemicals it will be able to detect in the near future
- How the Profusa technology can be developed further
Learn more at https://profusa.com/.
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| 0:58.0 | Thank you. Ben Huang, head of Profusa. This was a great call. Ben's a very gracious guy, very nice, |
| 1:11.0 | very humble. Their technology is pretty amazing because it's a |
| 1:15.3 | essentially it's like a hydrogel that gets placed in your body or you know |
| 1:19.8 | perhaps injected but placed in there. And the sensor can last for months or even years and your body doesn't seem to attack it and |
| 1:28.1 | try to get rid of it or form scar tissue around it. |
| 1:31.5 | And they can track things beyond just let's say blood glucose they can |
| 1:34.9 | track oxygen saturation of the tissues and he said lactate and a bunch of other things. |
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