DELPHINUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SoftVue, an automated breast ultrasound system with tissue-specific imaging capability for breast cancer screening and lesion characterization
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- NOVI, MI
- Founded
- 2010
- Latest Form D
- $5.3M, Apr 2024
- Total capital
- $98.3M
- Federal grants
- $3.8M
- 5 awards · 2015–2018
- Rank in peer group#242 of 538
- Private capital raised
- $94.5M
- 6 Form D · last Apr 2024
- 31 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 24
- 16 pending · first 2015
- Rank in peer group#14 of 538
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$5.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$30.4M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Toward a screening designation for SoftVue: A multi-center clinical trial in support of Pre-Market Approval.$858K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$8.2M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Toward a screening designation for SoftVue: A multi-center clinical trial in support of Pre-Market Approval.$963K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High-resolution, quantitative whole-breast ultrasound: bridging the gap to clinical practice$349K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$39.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$6M
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Toward a screening designation for SoftVue: A multi-center clinical trial in support of Pre-Market Approval.$985K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High-resolution, quantitative whole-breast ultrasound: bridging the gap to clinical practice$643K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 538 peers
Line = medianMedtech · Device
- Federal grants#242 · top 45%
- Granted patents#14 · top 3%
- Linked publications#12 · top 2%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Chris J. SandersExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Debra J. SaundersExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Elise BermanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Francis DobschaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Heather RoneExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Hugo BraunDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 22 people
- John NeisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark J. ForchetteExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael EmeryExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael FultonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael GrossDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Neb DuricExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Neb J. Duric, Ph.D.Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Olivier RoyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul James McCreadieDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rachel BremDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert P. KelchDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ronald HoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Scott WhiteExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Shawn J. O'BrienExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William C. GreenwayExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- W. James ProwseExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 24 granted of 40- GrantedMethods And Systems For Cancer Risk Assessment Using Tissue Sound Speed And StiffnessUSPTOUS 12,507,978
- PendingPatient Interface SystemUSPTOApplication 18930910
- GrantedSystem And Method For Feature Extraction And Classification On Ultrasound Tomography ImagesUSPTOUS 12,201,470
Show all 40 patent records
- Methods And Systems For Cancer Risk Assessment Using Tissue Sound Speed And StiffnessDec 30, 2025 · US 12,507,978Granted
- Patient Interface SystemJul 17, 2025 · Application 18930910Pending
- System And Method For Feature Extraction And Classification On Ultrasound Tomography ImagesJan 21, 2025 · US 12,201,470Granted
- Patient Interface SystemDec 10, 2024 · US 12,161,505Granted
- Systems And Methods For Image Manipulation Of A Digital Stack Of Tissue ImagesJul 6, 2023 · Application 18184612Pending
- Method Of Characterizing Tissue Of A PatientMar 23, 2023 · Application 17851650Pending
- Method Of Characterizing Tissue Of A PatientAug 2, 2022 · US 11,399,798Granted
- Waveform Enhanced Reflection And Margin Boundary Characterization For Ultrasound TomographyJun 7, 2022 · US 11,350,905Granted
- System Having Anchored Interface For Shaping And Positioning A Tissue BodyApr 12, 2022 · US 11,298,105Granted
- Method For Generating An Enhanced Image Of A Volume Of TissueApr 12, 2022 · US 11,298,111Granted
- System And Methods For Interactive Lesion CharacterizationMar 17, 2022 · Application 17537396Pending
- Method for Representing Tissue StiffnessOct 19, 2021 · US 11,147,537Granted
- Tissue Imaging And Analysis Using Ultrasound Waveform TomographyJul 27, 2021 · US 11,071,520Granted
- Patient Interface SystemJul 20, 2021 · US 11,064,974Granted
- System For Shaping And Positioning A Tissue BodyJan 26, 2021 · US 10,898,164Granted
- Ultrasound Waveform Tomography Method And SystemAug 18, 2020 · US 10,743,837Granted
- System For Providing Scanning MediumJul 2, 2020 · Application 16285778Pending
- Method Of Characterizing The Pathological Response Of Tissue To A Treatment PlanJan 16, 2020 · Application 16367362Pending
- Waveform Enhanced Reflection And Margin Boundary Characterization For Ultrasound TomographyAug 6, 2019 · US 10,368,831Granted
- Method For Generating An Enhanced Image Of A Volume Of TissueMay 14, 2019 · US 10,285,667Granted
- Method Of Characterizing The Pathological Response Of Tissue To A Treatment PlanMay 7, 2019 · US 10,278,672Granted
- System For Providing Scanning MediumApr 9, 2019 · US 10,251,622Granted
- Method Of Characterizing Tissue Of A PatientMar 19, 2019 · US 10,231,696Granted
- Patient Interface SystemFeb 12, 2019 · US 10,201,324Granted
- Method For Representing Tissue StiffnessDec 4, 2018 · US 10,143,443Granted
- Patient Support SystemNov 13, 2018 · US 10,123,770Granted
- System For Providing Scanning MediumSep 18, 2018 · US 10,076,304Granted
- Method Of Characterizing Tissue Of A PatientNov 14, 2017 · US 9,814,441Granted
- Method And System For Imaging A Volume Of Tissue With Tissue Boundary DetectionSep 19, 2017 · US 9,763,641Granted
- Method Of Characterizing Breast Tissue Using Multiple Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound RenderingsAug 11, 2015 · US 9,101,290Granted
- System and Method for Performing an Image-Guided BiopsyNov 14, 2013 · Application 13894202Pending
- System And Method For Imaging A Volume Of TissueAug 8, 2013 · Application 13756851Pending
- Method and System for Denoising Acoustic Travel Times and Imaging a Volume of TissueAug 8, 2013 · Application 13756864Pending
- System For Shaping And Positioning A Tissue BodyApplication PCTUS2017017035Pending
- Systems And Methods For Interactive Lesion CharacterizationApplication 62855387Pending
- Waveform-ehhanced Reflection For Ultrasound TomographyApplication 62429542Pending
- Margin Boundary Characterization And Region Of Interest Diagonistics For Ultrasound TomographyApplication 62429563Pending
- Tissue Imaging And Analysis Using Ultrasound Waveform TomographyApplication PCTUS2016050014Pending
- Frequency-domain Ultrasound Waveform Tomography Breast Attenuation ImagingApplication 62294360Pending
- System For Positioning A Tissue BodyApplication 62293071Pending
Recent research by its founders
- Assessing the feasibility of brain imaging with ultrasound tomography: in‑silico and in‑vitro evaluation20260 cites
- Differentiable reverse‑time migration for sound speed estimation and aberration correction in medical pulse‑echo ultrasound20260 cites
- Fast Fourier beamforming for arbitrary ultrasound imaging sequences based on a k‑space implementation of reverse‑time migration20260 cites
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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