Interviews
Wendy Lamin, director at Holoxica, has spoken to Health Tech World about the benefits of the company’s 3D holographic system and the firm’s plans for future growth. The Edinburgh-based company’s ‘Holo-medicine’ is designed to benefit patients by enhancing remote consultations, helping people understand their conditions and surgical procedures more clearly, as well as reducing the strain [...]
A Cambridge and Texas-headquartered business specialising in the development of technology for breast cancer surgery has closed a £15m funding round. The company’s CEO spoke to Health Tech World about the firm’s plans for growth. Endomag’s technologies use non-invasive magnetic sensing to locate and stage breast cancer and have helped more than 130,000 women across [...]
The new CEO of an NHS-approved digital rehab platform has spoken to Health Tech World about her plans for growth. Developed by chartered physiotherapists Carron and Lewis Manning, EXi is an app designed to encourage the prescription of evidence-based personalised exercise for managing or preventing up to 23 chronic conditions, helping address sedentary lifestyles and reduced mobility. [...]
Brain injury recovery involves a small army of professionals, spanning different environments and specialisms. Among them are the doctors, physios, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists; and case managers who help coordinate this collective effort. Standing on the sidelines, meanwhile, are the individual’s loved ones; those who knew the original version of a person, willing the [...]
As at-home testing plays a key role in healthcare during the coronavirus pandemic, this is a huge opportunity for telemedicine says CEO of remote testing company Thriva, Hamish Grierson. Since its launch in 2016, Thriva has helped more than 100,000 track and improve their health, offering remote clinical-grade testing based on the latest research. Since [...]
Health Tech World talks to Elina Berglund, co-founder of digital contraception app Natural Cycles. Natural Cycles is the first and only FDA cleared, and CE marked birth control app. Traditional female contraception methods on the market are either intrusive, such as IUDs, or use synthetic hormones to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Swedish company, Natural Cycles has developed [...]
Samsung Electronics is to push the development of robust healthcare technology products in the light of a recent survey which reveals this is the market trend. New research by the electronics giant looking at the benefits of rugged technology in the sector revealed that more than nine out of ten employees would like to see [...]
Business is booming for a company which specialises in creating healthy environments in the workplace, despite Covid 19 having driven more people to work from home. London-based WellTek which sells a range of design-led office furniture aimed at promoting well-being in the workplace, has seen increased demand during the pandemic. This has come from the [...]
With a workforce that has tripled to 300 over the past three years, Corin is considered one of the great success stories to come out of the UK's health tech sector. Founded in the mid-1980s, Corin is an orthopaedics business headquartered in Cirencester, with international operations in countries including Germany, Australia, France, South Africa and [...]
Johanna Perraudin speaks to French tech firm EzyGain about its mission to make physical rehabilitation more accessible. Zineb Agoumi’s grandmother was the inspiration behind the launch of EzyGain in 2015. As her grandmother was often falling at home, she researched ways of practicing walking securely. She quickly noticed that most physical rehabilitation machines tended to [...]
