Regulatory body approves POC use of Cue Health's COVID-19 test in India
Cue Health, a California-based health tech company, has recently got regulatory approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for its COVID-19 test for professional point-of-care use in India.
The company claims its molecular-based diagnostic test provides "highly accurate, lab-quality results" that are sent...
A research team at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed optical fibre sensors used in railway safety monitoring technologies for health monitoring.
WHAT IT DOES
In a statement, PolyU described the novel Side Hole Polymer Optical Fibre Sensors as "biocompatible, supple and extremely sensitive to very small pressure changes inside the human body".
Professor Hwa-yaw Tam, lead researcher...
CUHK, ConsenSys launch COVID-19 Passport System
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Ethereum software company ConsenSys have launched a health passport platform that runs on blockchain technology.
According to a press release, the Medoxie COVID-19 Digital Health Passport platform records test results, temperature checks and vaccinations in a "decentralised, private, and secure...
SenseTime, an artificial intelligence company, has earned a CE mark to market its latest AI-powered diagnostic software that detects abnormalities in chest x-ray readings.
WHY IT MATTERS
Radiologists face heavy workloads in manually reviewing and analysing large quantities of CXR images daily. Misdiagnosis is also a concern due to the complexity of body parts being screened in CXRs.
According to...
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February 1, 2021
Reproductive health firm Suzhou Basecare Medical Co., Ltd will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on February 8 2021. Founded in 2019 in Jiangsu, Basecare has attracted a lot of interest for its self-developed PGT-A test kit that accurately screens each embryo to detect developmental defects and ensure healthy development, allowing more infertile or at-risk couples in China to deliver healthy...
Shanghai-based CareVoice, a digital health startup targeting the insurance market, which announced an eight-figure Series A raise totaling roughly $10M at the end of August, today announced the launch of CareVoiceOS in mainland China and Hong Kong, a healthcare operating system that allows insurers to deliver health plans which are more tailored, efficient and compelling to their customers.
WHAT’...
AXA Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Oxford VR (OVR) announced a first-of-a-kind partnership to pilot a groundbreaking automated immersive therapy using virtual reality (VR) for mental health in Asia including the Greater Bay Area.
What’s it about
The pilot focuses on a jointly supported clinically-validated trial in Hong Kong using a modern VR technology platform for...
Yesterday, Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HA) announced that their mobile application, BookHA, which provides new case booking services for Specialist Outpatient Clinics (SOPC), would be extended to cover the Clinical Oncology and Anaesthesiology (Pain Clinic) specialties for the convenience of patients starting from 3 December 2018.
“From now on, patients can make SOPC new case bookings in...
Ava, a medical technology company focused on innovations in women's reproductive health, yesterday announced their expansion into Asia with the launch of an office in Hong Kong. The company has also unveiled an improved and updated version of its popular Ava fertility tracker, along with a host of new premium services available to US users, including a one-year pregnancy guarantee and access to...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) yesterday announced the development of a robotic arm to facilitate self-help and upper-limb mobile rehabilitation for stroke patients. The robotic arm, called “mobile exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton”, is the first-of-its-kind integration of exo-skeleton, soft robot and exo-nerve stimulation technologies.
Developed by Dr Hu Xiao-ling and her research team in...
