Lucid Diagnostics Inc
NASDAQ:LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics Inc
Lucid Diagnostics, Inc. develops medical testing devices. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York. The company went IPO on 2021-10-14. The firm is focused on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as chronic heartburn, acid reflux or reflux, that leads to esophageal precancer and cancer, specifically lethal esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Its products include EsoCheck and EsoGuard. EsoCheck is a noninvasive swallowable balloon capsule catheter device capable of sampling surface esophageal cells in an office procedure. The company consists of a vitamin pill-sized rigid plastic capsule tethered to a thin silicone catheter from which a soft silicone balloon with textured ridges emerges to swab surface esophageal cells. EsoGuard is a bisulfite-converted next generation sequencing (NGS) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) assay performed on surface esophageal cells collected with EsoCheck. The firm is a subsidiary of PAVmed Inc.