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South Delhi is reinventing itself as an Indian Silicon Valley. Its new tenants: medtech startups. In 2013, India had a record-breaking $350 million (£223m) in private-equity healthcare investments, and global investors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dell Foundation and Sequoia Capital have set up shop there. Here are WIRED's five top picks from the area.
- Wrig NanosystemsIIT graduate Ambar Srivastava developed the TrueHb, an $80 haemoglobin meter. He wants to use it to collect data on the number of anaemia cases in India – a major cause of maternal deaths.
- ConsureNishith Chasmawala and Amit Sharma offer an FDA-approved device for incontinence that can be administered by non-professionals. The founders say it can help more than 100 million people globally.
- WindmillAvijit Bansal and Ayesha Chaudhary launched the $200 NeoBreathe, which helps newborns breathe by using a mobile neonatal resuscitation device. It is designed for frontline health workers and clinics.
- CardeaCardea Labs' ECG device, nicknamed the miRHYTHM, can monitor heart health via a smartphone. It can serve as an arrhythmia monitor, collecting data and producing a report for doctors, all for $150.
- Sohum For AllNeeti Kailas and her husband Nitin Sisodia have built a device to screen babies for hearing impairment and loss. Launching in 2016, the Sohum is a non-invasive, portable machine -- easy to use in rural areas. sohumforall.com
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