#474 - 🚀 [Tech Tuesday] - mOm Incubators Returns, Now FDA Cleared and in Eight Countries
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Send us Fan Mail James Roberts, co-founder and CEO of mOm Incubators, returns to Tech Tuesday almost four years after his first appearance, when the device was still in development. A lot has changed. The mOm Essentials is now CE marked and FDA cleared, in use across eight countries, and has reached roughly 18,500 patients, from NHS maternity wards to air raid shelters in Ukraine. Daphna and James talk through what makes the system different: a bassinet sized footprint, one button operation, ...
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