American Heart Association Announces Five Finalists in Health Tech Competition Addressing Cardiovascular Innovation Gap

The American Heart Association has selected five finalists for its 8th annual Health Tech Competition, hosted by the Center for Health Technology & Innovation, which addresses the critical gap between healthcare innovation and adoption for heart disease and stroke, the world's leading causes of death. The competition provides a live forum for healthcare technology companies to present innovations designed to prevent or treat cardiovascular conditions including high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure and related conditions. This year's selected finalists will present their solutions during Scientific Sessions 2025, the Association's flagship global event for the latest research and clinical advancements in cardiovascular science.

The finalist companies include Brainomix from Oxford, England, creating AI-powered software to improve stroke diagnosis and treatment decisions; Cambrian Health from San Francisco, building an AI-powered platform that ensures clinical best practices are seamlessly executed at the point of care; Lumia from Boston, delivering wearable solutions for people with orthostatic intolerance and chronic blood flow disorders; Noah Labs from Berlin, transforming voice into a digital biomarker to enable earlier intervention for cardiometabolic diseases; and PolyVascular from Houston, Texas, developing minimally invasive solutions for children with congenital heart disease to reduce the need for repeated open-heart surgeries. Final presentations will be delivered live at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on November 8-9, with evaluation based on three key criteria: validity of the working prototype or product functioning in the market with customers; scientific rigor of validation research using evidence-based health research; and impact on improving patient outcomes through innovative technology.

A panel of expert volunteer judges including medical professionals, venture capitalists, and healthcare executives will review business and science presentations from each company. The competition winner will receive complimentary membership in the Center for Health Technology & Innovation Innovators' Network, a consortium connecting entrepreneurs, providers, researchers and payers to advance cardiovascular and brain health innovation. This membership provides significant advantages, including collaboration opportunities for building models for clinical outcome studies, which lowers the substantial cost of developing those studies independently. Members also help connect science to technology and provide evidence that digital platforms improve healthcare outcomes, a key concern for providers and payers.

Innovators' Network members gain access to the American Heart Association's digital evidence-based scientific guidelines and clinical recommendations as they develop digital healthcare technologies. According to Robert A. Harrington, M.D., FAHA, volunteer past president of the American Heart Association and volunteer chair of the Association's Health Tech Advisory Group for the Center, "The Center for Health Technology & Innovation aims to advance the rapid, efficient and effective development of health care technology. Joining the Innovators' Network gives members the opportunity to leverage the consortium and work toward broadening and deepening their engagement in this arena." More information about the Health Tech competition is available at ahahealthtech.org/aha-health-tech-competition-2025.