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SurePulse, a UK-based baby heartbeat monitor developer leveraging University of Nottingham research, has obtained £1m ($1.3m) from undisclosed new and existing investors. Founded in 2014 in collaboration with electronics manufacturer Tioga, SurePulse has devised a small hat containing a wearable optical sensor that can track the heartrate of a newly-born infant after being affixed to their head. The device, SurePulse VS, is approved for use in the EU and has been piloted on more than 300 babies with the UK’s…