UK healthtech challenger using AI to cut lung disease test time clinches $19M

Tech.eu · 2 months ago · 23

TidalSense, a UK healthtech startup, raised $19 million to expand its AI-powered device that diagnoses COPD by analyzing breathing patterns captured in 75 seconds. The N-Tidal Diagnose test reduces diagnosis time from approximately one hour with traditional spirometry to under five minutes, allowing clinicians to see four to six patients per hour instead of one. The company plans to accelerate rollout across the NHS and Europe and pursue US market entry, leveraging AI models trained on 2.5 million patient breaths.