Hyperfine Says Question Is When, Not If, Portable MRI Will Impact The World; CEO Dave Scott Discusses

Hyperfine, which markets the first US FDA-cleared portable MRI system, is facing COVID-related headwinds in bringing its system to hospitals, but CEO Dave Scott says wider adoption of the disruptive solution is inevitable. The company is going public today after combining with the HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp.

Patient's head being scanned by Hyperfine's portable magnetic resonance imaging system, controlled by tech using an iPad
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Hyperfine Inc., which developed the portable magnetic resonance system (MRI) system called Swoop, announced today it has completed the merger with special-purpose acquisition company HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp and has gone public.

Hyperfine started trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol HYPR today.

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