Plexāā wins MedTech Breakthrough Award for Best Overall Women’s Health Solution
May 8, 2026 — Plexāā has been awarded the MedTech Breakthrough Award 2026 for Best Overall Women’s Health Solution for its BLOOM⁴³ Prehab™ platform, recognising its impact in addressing a long-overlooked gap in surgical care.
While advances in surgery have focused on techniques and recovery, the pre-operative phase remains largely underserved. BLOOM⁴³ is designed to address this gap by enabling patients to actively prepare for surgery and improve outcomes.
The MedTech Breakthrough Awards recognise leading innovation across global healthcare, with this category highlighting solutions that demonstrate meaningful impact and the potential to improve care at scale.
BLOOM⁴³ is an integrated Prehab™ platform combining a wearable medical device with a companion digital app, supporting patients before and after surgery through physical preparation and guided care.
Clinical studies have shown that its supraphysiological preconditioning™ approach can improve tissue resilience and reduce complications such as skin necrosis and the need for further surgical intervention*. This reflects a broader shift towards prehabilitation, where preparation before surgery is treated as a critical phase of care.
“Women’s health has historically been underserved in surgical innovation, particularly in the pre-operative phase,” said Dr. Saahil Mehta, MD, FRCS (Plast), CEO & Founder at Plexāā. “BLOOM⁴³ was built to address this gap by enabling patients to actively prepare for surgery. This award recognises the importance of shifting focus earlier in the patient journey to improve the patient experience and surgical outcomes.”
As healthcare systems face increasing demand, approaches that reduce complications before they occur are gaining attention. BLOOM⁴³ represents a step towards more proactive, patient-centred surgical care.
About Plexāā Plexāā is a MedTech company defining the emerging category of Prehab™, focused on improving surgical outcomes by transforming the pre-operative phase through integrated device and digital solutions.
About MedTech Breakthrough The MedTech Breakthrough Awards recognise top companies, technologies, and products across the global health and medical technology market.
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*Local Heat Preconditioning in Skin Sparing Mastectomy: A Pilot Study”, Mehta S, Rolph R, Cornelius V et al., 2013; A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial to Evaluate Local Heat Preconditioning on Wound Healing After Reconstructive Breast Surgery: The preHEAT Trial.”, Mehta S, Cro SC, Coomber B et al., 2019.
