On April 16, 2020, Gauss Surgical, a leading developer of digital decision-support tools for the medical frontlines, in partnership with Evive, a leader in enterprise communications and benefits engagement, announced the nationwide release of Apollo, a free Apple iOS and web app, to help increase safety and efficiency of drive-through COVID-19 screening and testing for patients and health workers. The app will also facilitate Stanford Medicine's Apollo COVID-19 Screening Survey (Apollo Study). Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Gauss in the transaction.

Apollo helps people determine if they are likely to qualify for COVID-19 testing based on CDC guidelines and helps them find a nearby testing facility from a nationwide directory. The frontline screener, scans the patient's encrypted Apollo mobile pass through the closed car window to rapidly review symptoms and risk data, call the patient with the tap of a button, and direct them to test sample collection.

Gauss, a member of the Stanford StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force, directed its efforts to develop Apollo to help safely and efficiently reduce the spread of COVID-19 by enabling contactless screening and digitizing the testing process. By eliminating paperwork and direct contact with patients unless necessary, Apollo minimizes exposure, optimizes use of PPE, and enables high throughput of patients at testing centers.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Gauss in the transaction includes:

Technology Transactions
Christopher Paniewski

Privacy
Haley Bavasi

Regulatory
Eva Yin

Corporate
Casey McGlynn
Jesse Schumaker

For more information, please see Gauss' press release.