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A new AI algorithm to improve brain stimulation devices in treating disease is being developed by Google Research and Mayo Clinic. For millions of people with epilepsy and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, electrical stimulation of the brain already is widening treatment possibilities. In the future, electrical stimulation may help people with psychiatric illness [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in a new research study to produce computer programmes and tools that will help doctors improve the choice of drugs in patients with clusters of multiple long-term conditions. The OPTIMAL study (OPTIMising therapies, discovering therapeutic targets and AI assisted clinical management for patients Living with complex multimorbidity) aims to [...]
Independent private hospital King Edward VII’s has adopted new technology to help improve diagnosis and prognosis for patients with colorectal and gastrointestinal diseases. The hospital has added LumenEye technology to its colorectal service, a new digital alternative to the conventional sigmoidoscope, which can be operated by a single doctor and be comfortably used without anaesthesia, sedation [...]
USB video conferencing technology from AVer Information helped medical staff give remote medical care during the Tokyo Olympics, minimising risk from the ongoing threat posed by COVID-19. AVer’s cameras were used to help give physicians support Taiwanese athletes during the Olympics. A team from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Medical Team accompanied Taiwanese athletes to Tokyo, [...]
Deversify and RLVNT Distribution have signed an agreement for distribution in eight European countries for a revolutionary solution for non-invasive measurements of metabolic health. The companies have teamed up to distribute Acetrack, created by Diversify, which enables users to easily track lifestyle changes related to nutrition, stress and sleep and how this relates to fat burning. [...]
Mackwell Health has announced a partnership with GE Current, a Daintree company to collaborate in the field of LED UV disinfection technology. The partnership will extend Current’s ground-breaking 365DisInFx™ UV Technology to the European, Middle Eastern and Australia/New Zealand markets. The 365DisInFx™ UV technology leverages LEDs to help reduce the potential spread of certain common [...]
Medtech startup Occuity has raised over £2million to deliver its ophthalmic and optical diabetes devices, achieving its £1.8million crowdfunding target in just 24 hours. The company now plans to 'overfund' to allow it to accelerate the development of its devices, with the round with Seedrs remaining open. CEO and co-founder Dr Dan Daly says: “We’re delighted with [...]
Scientists have created an electronic nose which could have applications in disease detection – as well as industrial uses. Their prototype uses nanoengineered materials to tune sensitivity and selectivity to mimic the performance and capabilities of a human nose. This is no mean feat, given that the human nose has approximately 400 scent receptors and [...]
NICE, the health and care excellence body for England and Wales, has issued an update on an emerging approach to assessing lung disease. NICE’s ‘medtech innovation briefing’ states that the Lung Texture Analysis (LTA) algorithm developed by health tech firm Imbio could be an effective addition to standard care in assessing interstitial lung disease. The [...]
US medtech firm Boston Scientific has announced the European launch of a pioneering therapy for spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Fast-acting sub-perception therapy (FAST) targets a new, distinct SCS mechanism of action and is delivered via the WaveWriter Alpha Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Systems. While traditional paraesthesia-free therapy can take up to a few days to [...]
