NextGen Jane
 NextGen Jane's headquarters at 400 29th St, Oakland, California, United States | |
| Industry | Biotechnology and Genomics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ridhi Tariyal (Co-founder), Stephen Gire, (Co-founder) |
| Website | www |
NextGen Jane is a women's healthcare company founded in 2014 by Ridhi Tariyal and Stephen Gire, headquartered in Oakland, California, United States.[1] The company is recognized for developing a Smart Tampon System to provide insights into a woman's reproductive health system.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]In 2013, Tariyal was part of the first class of the Blavatnik Fellowship at Harvard University.[5] The purpose of the fellowship is to place recent MBA graduates in labs across Harvard with the goal of commercializing life science-based enterprises.[6]
Following the completion of the fellowship, Tariyal and Gire founded the company to center around fertility and empowering women to manage their own reproductive health.[7] They later developed intellectual property for a Smart Tampon System to gather genomic information about a woman's health.[8][9][10][11]
Products and services
[edit]The Smart Tampon System is a device that detects early markers of endometriosis in the menstrual blood, as well as track other biological changes in a woman's body. The conventional method of diagnosing endometriosis is by surgeons inserting a small camera into the pelvic cavity to look for endometrial cells in places other than the lining of the uterus. When these cells are detected, the diseased tissue can be removed. The method of analyzing the menstrual blood retained in the tampons aims to improve the diagnostic index of these diseases, as well as improve the discomfort and impracticality experienced by women with more conventional methods of diagnosis, enabling them to manage their healthcare more autonomously.[12][13][14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ Tanaya, Singh. "Indian American Entrepreneur Co-Develops Smart Tampons to Help Women Detect Cervical Cancer & More". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Pagan, Kennedy (1 April 2016). "The Tampon of the Future". nytimes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ ELIZABETH, SEGRAN. "The Quantified Vagina: This Startup Aims To Track Women's Health Through Smart Tampons". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Silas, Alexander (28 March 2016). "NEW PARADIGM FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH". studiofathom.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ SARAH, ZHANG (4 July 2016). "Hey Silicon Valley, Let's Talk About Periods". wired.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Shepherd, Laughlin (27 July 2017). "Ridhi Tariyal, cofounder, NextGen Jane". jwtintelligence.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Caroline, Perry (4 April 2016). "Our blood, ourselves". news.harvard.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Alec, O. "3D printed tampon accessory by NextGen Jane enables self-testing for STDs". 3ders.org. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Charles, Moore (12 April 2016). "Harvard-mentored Researchers Developing At-Home Product to Detect Endrometriosis and 'Silent Infections' in Women". endometriosisnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Annamarya, Scaccia (22 February 2017). "How Much Will The "Smart" Tampon Cost? The Motivation Behind It Is Too Awesome". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Andrea, Frazier (17 February 2017). "How To Get The New Tampon From NextGen Jane, Because It Will Be An Important Health Tool". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Evans, Dayna (18 February 2019). "What if you could diagnose diseases with a tampon?". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Lindsay, Gellman (19 March 2017). "Ida Tin's Battle to Build Clue, a Period-Tracking App". newyorker.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Abigail, Wise (14 February 2017). "Pregnancy Health For The Better". romper.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ KITTY, KNOWLES (28 June 2017). "6 'Tampons of the Future' that are bloody great". thememo.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.