You asked about Medical Devices
98 people built something like it. 0 are gone.
That is 0% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | Software platform for in-home healthcare · versemedical.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCBBy BBy powders breast milk that's immunologically active & lasts 6 months · bbymilk.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | Robotic Automation for cancer diagnostics - Robotic Microscopes &… · morphlelabs.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCLuminate We make cancer care at home possible. · luminatemed.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Pioneering Breast Cancer Diagnostics for a Healthier Tomorrow · digistain.co.uk | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Bringing non-invasive brain stimulation from the hospital to the home · actipulseneuroscience.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | Building AI therapeutics for physical health conditions like IBS. · mindsethealth.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | Exoskeletons to help people walk, starting with children · trexorobotics.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | Automated tooth cutting for dentists using imaging, AI and robotics · perceptive.io | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCArchForm Replacing orthodontic braces with our clear aligner and software · archform.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCNeodocs Instant lab tests on your smartphone · neodocs.in | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCX-Zell Early, pain-free cancer detection. · x-zell.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCBodyport Predicting and preventing heart disease. · bodyport.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | YCDelee Blood testing device for early diagnosis of cancer and treatment… · delee.co | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCZenflow Medical device that provides a more effective, less invasive… · zenflow.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | An effective home-use fertility treatment for natural conception · twoplusfertility.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Absorbable wrap for blood vessels · venostent.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCMedCrypt MedCrypt gives medical device vendors cybersecurity features in a few… · medcrypt.co | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Cofactor closes the precision medicine gap with predictive diagnostics · cofactorgenomics.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | Autonomous surgical robots · andromedasurgical.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | A new way of seeing inside the human body. · illuminant.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Desktop DNA Printer. The Nespresso Machine for DNA. · kilobaser.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | We make injections as easy as pushing a button! · pirouettepharma.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | AI-powered platform for Accessible and Personalized Breast Health… · isonohealth.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSafeBeat Guiding cardiac therapeutics - all from your phone · safebeat.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | A small sticker that monitors blood pressure continuously · venavitals.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Portable cryoablation to prevent cervical cancer · ananya.health | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | We make AI technology for Robotic and AR Surgeries · algosurg.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Surgical robotics for every operating room · revolvesurgical.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Vena Medical is providing physicians with the world's smallest camera… · venamed.ca | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Responsive materials, better lives. · aesculatech.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | We built the world's first automated digital pathology lab. · instapathbio.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | Platform injectable gel based therapeutic for osteoarthritis · relevium-medical.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCStarling AI enabling digital urine diagnostics in the home · starlingmedical.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | One-hour antibiotic sensitivity testing · astekdx.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | High-precision, closed-loop neuromodulation devices · torpedotherapeutics.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Helping Plastic Surgeons Rebuild Fat · insomabio.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Catheter-based solution to treat chronic heart failure. · corveusmedical.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Semi-Autonomous Diagnostics for Emergent Care · cairehealth.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Natural hydrogel to keep internal organs scar-free after surgery · tybrhealth.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCNearWave Helping physicians select the right therapy for breast cancer patients · nearwave.co | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Immediate stroke detection at home · zeitmedical.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCHelpWear helpwear.ca | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCMICSI Higher resolution MRI with faster scan times. · micsi.co | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | CRM Co-Pilot for Medtech Sales · getobento.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Reinventing respiration monitoring · makaniscience.net | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCAuricle Neurostimulation implant to restore hearing & speech understanding · auricle.com | still up |
| 2026-06-01 | Vibecode + deploy HIPAA-compliant internal tools, no eng team needed · floracene.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCKeylika Redefining the Standard of Care for Iron Deficiency Anemia · keylika.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | Next-Generation Surgical Navigation and Robotics · zetasurgical.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Modern primary care via video and in-person · circlemedical.com | still up |
| 2022-01-08 | magiccopy.app | still up |
| 2023-06-28 | upvpn.app | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCMason Mason is the fastest way to take smart devices from idea to end user · bymason.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCLatent Medical language models to automate healthcare operations · latenthealth.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Software for medical laboratories and clinics · dashlabs.ai | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Medical Record Retrieval with Zero Human Error · codeshealth.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCSeam API for IoT Devices · seam.co | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | Modern medical billing · aperohealth.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | “One Medical for pets.” · drtreat.com | still up |
How this compares
Y Combinator reports its own outcomes, including acquisitions. The other two are judged by asking the domain, so they are not measured the same way and are never averaged together.
The register re-probes every domain it holds. Some that answered last month stop answering. We send that list — what went quiet, and what it was — once a month. Nothing else.
How this was made. Show HN entries are every post from 2021 to 2023 with at least five points that linked to its own domain; code hosts and free hosting are excluded, because a repository outlives the effort behind it. Product Hunt entries needed 100 votes — a far higher bar, so they are the promoted top slice rather than a like-for-like sample. Both are judged by asking the domain whether it still answers: gone means it no longer resolves, refuses the connection, serves a parking page, or says plainly that it shut down. An HTTP error is not counted as gone — a server answering 404 is one somebody still pays for, and an audit of 25 gone-calls found two such sites alive with only a moved homepage. Y Combinator entries use the status YC publishes itself, which is why only those can say acquired. Squatted domains — a lapsed name now serving somebody else's site — are not detected, so these figures run slightly low.