A program to screen women for cervical cancer using AI has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Community organisation Ho Chi Minh City Public Health Association (HPHA) partnered with listed Australian company TruScreen and its local distributor Gorton Health Services to run the community-based program, which aims to screen 260,000 women in the city over five years.
The partnership...
Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival
Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft.
The two companies recently entered into a strategic partnership to jointly raise their competitiveness in the growing global medical imaging AI segment.
Vuno invested 3.4 billion won ($2.3 million) in Coreline Soft, to which...
Kauvery Hospital invests in Lifesigns
Lifesigns has received undisclosed funding from Kauvery Hospital Group's investment arm, Healthcare Capital.
The new funds, based on a press statement, will "advance Lifesigns’ AI and predictive algorithm capabilities." The company offers an AI-powered remote patient monitoring system that provides alerts and predictive insights.
Lifesigns is now gearing...
A novel AI developed at Alexandra Hospital automates implant positioning in robotic total knee replacement surgery.
A team at Alexandra Hospital's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery recently obtained the World Intellectual Property Organization patent for their AI algorithm.
WHAT IT DOES
Developed by Dr Glen Liau Zi Qiang, an orthopaedic surgery consultant at AH, the AI optimises implant...
MediBuddy developing IoT devices with Japan's ELECOM
Virtual care company MediBuddy has started collaborating with Japanese electronics maker ELECOM to develop health IoT devices.
In a media release, MediBuddy said it will develop products for daily health management and leverage the collected health and medical data to generate personalised health insights and preventive care programmes.
"In...
Hong Kong-based startup PanopticAI has obtained regulatory approval in the United States for its contactless pulse rate measuring application.
It received the US Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for the PanopticAI Vital Signs app on iOS devices.
Based on PanopticAI's proprietary remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) algorithms, the app transforms the cameras of iOS devices into...
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced that its engineers have created what could be the world's smallest multifunctional surgical robot.
Made of hollow skeleton, optical fibre array, functionalized skin, and coated with a gel-like outer layer, the 0.95-millimetre robot is 60% smaller than existing endoscopic robots.
It integrates what researchers from the HKUST School...
Cornerstone Robotics bags $70M Series C funding
Surgical robotics maker Cornerstone Robotics from Hong Kong has raised over $70 million in a Series C funding round led by EQT. It also received additional investment from the Hong Kong government's Innovation and Technology Venture Fund.
The company, established in 2019, will use its fresh funds to expand into key global markets in Europe and...
Back-to-back news over the past few years since the recent pandemic reported on the aggressive global expansion of South Korean companies in the medical imaging AI space.
From securing regulatory approvals to closing national and regional-scale distribution and partnerships, these innovators (such as Lunit, VUNO, and Coreline Soft) seemed to have convinced health systems worldwide of the...
South Korean wearable robot heads to US
WIRobotics, a robotics manufacturer from South Korea, is set to launch its wearable gait assistance robot in the United States.
Called WIM (We Innovate Mobility), the wearable exoskeleton, launched last year, features different modes: assist, resist, hike, and slow walk. It comes with a companion mobile application that provides analysis of gait, including...
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