HeartBeam, Inc. is a development stage company, which engages in cardiovascular diagnostic technology. Its electrocardiogram (ECG) collection device provides physicians with cardiac diagnostic information for a patient that is outside of a medical institution. The device sends ECG signals to the patient's smartphone and on to a cloud-based software expert system. The company was founded by Branislav Vajdic in 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
HeartBeam Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Heart Attack Assessment
The FDA granted HeartBeam Breakthrough Device Designation for its HeartBeam System as a tool for assessing potential heart attacks at home, granted within 30 days of request versus a 60-day statutory window.
The designation provides prioritized FDA interaction ahead of a planned multicenter pivotal study and is a prerequisite for expedited Medicare coverage pathways such as the proposed RAPID pathway; HeartBeam has also requested enrollment in the FDA's TAP program.
Management sizes the MI assessment opportunity at approximately $15 billion within a $40 billion-plus cardiac platform opportunity, and expects updates on ALIGN-ACS data at TCT and the HEADSTART-ACS study in coming weeks.