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Jonathan Rothberg scores again with portable MRI, expected to hit market in 2020 Hyperfine's Medical Game-Changer By Natalie Missakian H Y P E R F I N E M R I I magine a stroke victim getting an MRI in the ambulance on the way to the hospital — saving pre- cious time that could mean the difference between full recovery and devastating disability. Or an athlete being scanned for a brain or knee injury right on the sidelines at an NFL game. Plagued by persistent headaches? What if your local walk-in clinic could tell you within minutes if it's something serious? ose may sound like moonshot ambitions, but a Guilford-based medical technology startup says it's on the cusp of making them a reality. e company, Hyperfine Re- search Inc., is pioneering a portable, point-of-care MRI it plans to market later this year for around $50,000, a fraction of the price of conventional machines, which typi- cally cost in excess of $1 million. While traditional MRIs are large and confined to protected rooms — oen in hospital basements — Hy- perfine's MRI rolls up to a patient's bedside, plugs into a standard AC wall outlet and is operated with an iPad. At three feet wide by five feet tall, it measures no bigger than a standard luggage cart, and can spit out a 3-D color scan of a human brain within 10 minutes, leveraging artificial intelligence to help doctors interpret the images that appear on the screen. Doctors at Yale New Haven Hos- pital and the University of Penn- sylvania are piloting the device, Hyperfine's portable MRI can be rolled up to a patient's bedside and spit out a 3-D color scan of a human brain within 10 minutes. 22 n e w h a v e n B I Z | J a n u a r y 2 0 2 0 | n e w h a v e n b i z . c o m

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