Medtech
Andrew Mernin meets Wendy Hurlburt, president and CEO of Life Sciences British Columbia (LSBC), to find out more about research, investment and trade opportunities in the vast Canadian province. When we meet Wendy Hulburt on the bustling exhibition floor of one of Asia’s biggest health innovation summits, it is immediately clear that she is a leader in [...]
Opharmic Technology is advancing targeted drug delivery with the innovative use of ultrasound technology. Health Tech World speaks meets founder Langston Suen in Hong Kong to find out more. Opharmic Technology has developed a non-invasive drug delivery system that harnesses low-frequency ultrasound technology to deliver drugs without invasive needles. Targeting retinal diseases that currently require injection-based treatment, [...]
A wearable wound monitoring device could cut infection risk by reducing the need for physical contact during healing. The device tracks wound recovery remotely via Bluetooth, avoiding frequent dressing removal that can delay treatment and disturb healing. It is designed for reuse, offering what researchers describe as a cheaper and more practical alternative to disposable [...]
A Northern Ireland medtech firm has signed a licensing agreement with German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, potentially worth over US$1bn for the first three treatment targets. Re-Vana Therapeutics develops drug delivery systems aimed at reducing how often patients with chronic eye conditions need injections, helping improve adherence to treatment. The technology addresses a key challenge [...]
A new biosensor can detect cortisol — the body’s main stress hormone — using a smartphone camera and a small blood or urine sample. The sensor uses designed proteins that bind with cortisol — a hormone that helps regulate blood pressure, metabolism and stress responses — and emit light. The amount of light corresponds to [...]
An ear-worn device that stimulates a major nerve has been shown to improve exercise performance in an early-stage trial involving healthy volunteers. The device sends gentle electrical pulses to the vagus nerve – which runs from the brain to the heart and helps regulate heart function – for 30 minutes a day. Participants who wore [...]
New research has revealed a promising and novel method to aid the scalp cooling process in the prevention of hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, offering hope to hundreds of thousands of people around the world affected by the distressing side effect of treatment every year. Researchers in the Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, at [...]
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, affecting over 1.4 million people in the UK alone. Left untreated, AF puts patients at significant risk of stroke - a leading cause of disability that costs the NHS and wider economy billions each year. We speak with Dr Angelo Auricchio of Boston Scientific about Pulsed [...]
A robot trained using surgical videos has performed a gallbladder removal on a life-like patient model, achieving a level of precision described as equal to that of a skilled human surgeon. The system completed 17 tasks independently, including identifying blood vessels, placing surgical clips, and cutting tissue with scissors. It also adapted to changes during [...]
Novenda Technologies has announced $6.1m in funding to transform dental product manufacturing with its revolutionary multi-material 3D printing technology. This innovative solution aims to make high-quality dental care better, more aesthetically pleasing, accessible and affordable. The $6.1m Series A funding round was led by Brightlands Venture Partners with participation from KBC Focus Fund (Belgium), Borski [...]
