Myomo Thesis(MYO)
Since substack is all the rage now, the I post all of my DDs on there as well. I like the ease of use of the platform as well. Myomo is a medical device company that sells an assistive device for those with reduced strength in their arms. The device uses the impulses generated by a persons brain and amplifies them to strengthen movements. The target population are a specific set of patients with chronic arm paralysis (basically you have trouble using your arm) such as stroke survivors, spinal cord injuries, Brachial plexus injuries and other various conditions. Market: Management sizes the total market opportunity at 3M people with chronic arm paralysis in the USA and 1% of the global population growing at 250k each year. Not all of these patients will get a Myomo device, but there is still a large and growing unmet medical need Industry: Myomo has no direct competitors, but there are two other companies focused on augmenting human movement: Ekso Bionics (EKSO) and Rew...