Argus Cognitive cleared Neurora under K260064, announced October 8. The Class II software analyzes video and audio from a standard autism behavioral assessment. It scores more than 100 vocal, facial and gaze biometrics and reports how closely a child's behavior matches children with and without an autism diagnosis.

The indication covers patients 18 months through 12 years. Neurora is an aid, not a standalone diagnostic, and the clinician makes the call. Clinicians upload the session to a portal, so the workflow needs no protocol change and no proprietary hardware.

Argus Cognitive was founded in 2016 in Hanover, New Hampshire, by chief executive Attila Meretei and clinical lead Latha Valluripalli Soorya, who directs the autism assessment center at Rush University Medical Center. An NIH SBIR grant funded the development. Clearing a behavioral scoring tool that runs on ordinary clinic video is a cheaper adoption story than anything needing a new camera rig in the exam room.