Yuav ua li cas yog tias koj tuaj yeem pub ntshav hauv tsev tsis yog ntawm tus kws kho mob lub chaw haujlwm?Qhov ntawd yog qhov chaw ntawm Tasso, Seattle-based startup uas tau caij nthwv dej ntawm kev kho mob virtual.
Tasso co-founder thiab CEO Ben Casavant hais rau Forbes tias lub tuam txhab tsis ntev los no tau nce $ 100 lab coj los ntawm tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv RA Capital los tsim nws cov thev naus laus zis kuaj ntshav.Cov nyiaj tshiab tau nce tag nrho cov peev txheej sib npaug rau $ 131 lab.Casavant tsis kam tham txog qhov kev ntsuas, txawm hais tias cov peev txheej peev txheej hauv PitchBook muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 51 lab thaum Lub Xya Hli 2020.
"Qhov no yog qhov chaw zoo kawg uas tuaj yeem rhuav tshem sai heev," Casavant tau hais."$ 100 lab hais rau nws tus kheej."
Lub tuam txhab cov khoom siv sau cov ntshav - Tasso + (rau cov ntshav ua kua), Tasso-M20 (rau cov ntshav desiccated) thiab Tasso-SST (rau kev npaj cov tshuaj uas tsis yog-anticoagulated ntshav kuaj)-ua haujlwm zoo ib yam.Cov neeg mob tsuas yog lo rau ping-pong pob-loj khawm ntaus ntawv rau lawv txhais tes nrog cov nplaum nplaum thiab nias lub khawm liab loj, uas tsim lub tshuab nqus tsev.Lub lancet nyob rau hauv lub cuab yeej pierces saum npoo ntawm daim tawv nqaij, thiab lub tshuab nqus tsev nqus cov ntshav los ntawm capillaries mus rau hauv ib tug qauv cartridge nyob rau hauv qab ntawm lub ntaus ntawv.
Cov cuab yeej tsuas yog sau cov ntshav capillary, qhov sib npaug ntawm cov ntiv tes prick, thiab tsis yog cov ntshav venous, uas tuaj yeem sau los ntawm kws kho mob nkaus xwb.Raws li lub tuam txhab, cov neeg koom nrog hauv kev tshawb fawb soj ntsuam tau qhia qhov mob tsawg dua thaum siv cov cuab yeej piv rau cov qauv ntshav kos.Lub tuam txhab cia siab tias yuav tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm FDA ua cov cuab yeej kho mob Class II xyoo tom ntej.
"Peb tuaj yeem mus ntsib kws kho mob zoo, tab sis thaum koj yuav tsum tuaj thiab tau txais cov kev kuaj mob yooj yim, daim ntaub thaiv virtual tau tawg," said Anurag Kondapally, tus thawj coj ntawm RA Capital, uas yuav koom nrog Tasso pawg thawj coj.txhim kho txoj kev noj qab haus huv zoo dua thiab vam tias yuav txhim kho kev ncaj ncees thiab cov txiaj ntsig. "
Casawant, 34, tuav Ph.D.UW-Madison biomedical engineering loj tau tsim lub tuam txhab hauv 2012 nrog UW lab tus npoj yaig Erwin Berthier, 38, uas yog lub tuam txhab CTO.Hauv chav kuaj ntawm University of Washington ntawm Madison tus xibfwb David Beebe, lawv tau kawm txog microfluidics, uas cuam tshuam nrog tus cwj pwm thiab tswj cov kua dej me me hauv lub network ntawm cov channel.
Hauv chav kuaj, lawv pib xav txog txhua yam tshiab thev naus laus zis uas lub chaw kuaj sim ua tau uas yuav tsum tau kuaj ntshav thiab nws nyuaj npaum li cas kom tau txais lawv.Kev mus rau hauv tsev kho mob kom pub ntshav rau tus kws kho mob phlebotomist lossis tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob sau npe yog kim thiab tsis yooj yim, thiab ntiv tes pricking yog cumbersome thiab tsis ntseeg."Xav txog lub ntiaj teb uas tsis yog dhia hauv tsheb thiab tsav tsheb mus rau qhov chaw, ib lub thawv tshwm ntawm koj lub qhov rooj thiab koj tuaj yeem xa cov txiaj ntsig rov qab rau koj cov ntaub ntawv kho mob hluav taws xob," nws hais."Peb hais tias, 'Nws yuav zoo yog tias peb tuaj yeem ua kom lub cuab yeej ua haujlwm.'
“Lawv tuaj nrog kev daws teeb meem thiab nws yog qhov ntse heev.Muaj ntau lwm lub tuam txhab sim ua qhov no, tab sis lawv tsis tuaj yeem tuaj nrog kev daws teeb meem. "
Casavant thiab Berthier tau ua haujlwm yav tsaus ntuj thiab hnub so los tsim cov cuab yeej, thawj zaug hauv Casavan chav nyob thiab tom qab ntawd hauv Berthier chav nyob tom qab Casavan tus phooj ywg hauv chav hais kom lawv nyob.Hauv 2017, lawv tau khiav lub tuam txhab los ntawm kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv-tsom mus rau Techstars thiab tau txais nyiaj ntxov ntxov hauv daim ntawv ntawm $ 2.9 lab nyiaj pab los ntawm tsoomfwv Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb (Darpa).Nws cov tub ua lag luam suav nrog Cedars-Sinai thiab Merck Global Innovation Fund, nrog rau cov tuam txhab lag luam peev Hambrecht Ducera, Foresite Capital thiab Vertical Venture Partners.Casavant ntseeg tias nws tau sim cov khoom ntau pua zaus thaum nws txoj kev loj hlob."Kuv nyiam paub cov khoom kom meej," nws hais.
Thaum Jim Tananbaum, tus kws kho mob thiab tus tsim ntawm $ 4 nphom tus thawj tswj hwm khoom vaj khoom tsev Foresite Capital, ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab rau Casavant txog peb xyoos dhau los, nws hais tias nws tab tom nrhiav ib lub tuam txhab uas tuaj yeem ua phlebotomy nyob qhov twg."Qhov no yog ib qho teeb meem nyuaj heev," nws hais.
Qhov nyuaj, nws piav qhia, yog tias thaum koj nqus cov ntshav los ntawm cov hlab ntsha, lub siab ua rau cov ntshav liab tawg, ua rau lawv siv tsis tau.Nws tau hais tias "Lawv tau los nrog cov kev daws teeb meem ntse tiag tiag," nws hais."Muaj ntau lwm lub tuam txhab sim ua qhov no tab sis tsis tuaj yeem los nrog kev daws teeb meem."
Rau ntau, cov khoom siv ntshav kos duab tam sim ntawd coj los rau hauv siab Theranos, uas tau cog lus tias yuav kuaj ntshav koob tshuaj ua ntej nws poob rau xyoo 2018. Tus tsim txom 37-xyoo-laus Elizabeth Holmes raug sim rau kev dag ntxias thiab raug kaw txog 20 xyoo hauv tsev lojcuj. yog ua txhaum.
Tsuas yog nias lub khawm liab loj: Tasso ntaus ntawv tso cai rau cov neeg mob coj ntshav hauv tsev, tsis muaj kev cob qhia kho mob.
"Nws lom zem ua raws li zaj dab neeg, zoo li peb," Casavant hais.“Nrog Tasso, peb ib txwm tsom mus rau kev tshawb fawb.Nws yog txhua yam hais txog kev kuaj mob, qhov tseeb thiab qhov tseeb. "
Tasso cov khoom sau ntshav tam sim no tau siv rau hauv ntau qhov kev sim tshuaj ntawm Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck thiab tsawg kawg rau rau lub tuam txhab biopharmaceutical, nws hais.Xyoo tas los, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center tau tshaj tawm txoj kev tshawb nrhiav Covid-19 los kawm txog tus kab mob kis, lub sijhawm sib kis, thiab muaj peev xwm rov kis tau tus kab mob tshiab uas siv Tasso ntshav nqus cov cuab yeej.Casavant tau hais tias "Ntau pab pawg uas xav ua qhov kev sim siab thaum muaj kev sib kis thoob qhov txhia chaw xav tau txoj hauv kev zoo dua mus cuag cov neeg mob," Casavant tau hais.
Tananbaum, uas tau nyob hauv Forbes Midas daim ntawv teev npe xyoo no, ntseeg tias Tasso thaum kawg yuav tuaj yeem ntsuas tau ntau pua lab units hauv ib xyoos raws li cov nqi khoom poob thiab cov apps ntxiv.Nws tau hais tias "Lawv pib nrog cov xwm txheej uas xav tau ntau tshaj plaws thiab cov txiaj ntsig siab tshaj," nws hais.
Tasso npaj yuav siv cov nyiaj tshiab los nthuav ntau lawm.Thaum muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb, nws tau yuav tsob ntoo hauv Seattle uas yav dhau los muab cov nkoj xa mus rau West Marine, tso cai rau lub tuam txhab kaw kev tsim khoom ntawm nws cov chaw ua haujlwm.Qhov chaw muaj peev xwm siab tshaj plaws ntawm 150,000 cov khoom siv hauv ib hlis, lossis 1.8 lab ib xyoos.
Casavant tau hais tias "Vim tias qhov ntim ntawm cov ntshav kos thiab kuaj ntshav hauv Asmeskas, peb yuav xav tau chaw ntxiv," Casavant tau hais.Nws kwv yees tias muaj kwv yees li 1 billion tus ntshav rho tawm txhua xyoo hauv Tebchaws Meskas, ntawm cov chaw kuaj mob ua tau txog 10 billion qhov kev sim, ntau yam uas pab kho cov kab mob ntev hauv cov neeg laus."Peb tab tom saib qhov ntsuas peb xav tau thiab yuav ua li cas los tsim lub lag luam no," nws hais.
RA Capital yog ib qho ntawm cov lag luam kho mob loj tshaj plaws nrog $ 9.4 nphom hauv kev tswj hwm txij li lub Kaum Hlis kawg.