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A fully digital diabetes prevention and reversal programme has secured a six-figure funding package to support its public launch in 2021. The programme’s founders spoke to Health Tech World about the system’s benefits and their plans for the future. Habitual was founded by Dr Ian Braithwaite and Napala Pratini in September 2019 after they met delivering [...]
A company which is developing products to screen for, diagnose and monitor chronic health conditions has made a raft of new hires after securing £1.1m in funding. Occuity aims to create a range of non-contacting handheld devices which will be useable for either non-clinical screening and measuring or personal monitoring for diseases such as diabetes. CEO Dr [...]
A Zurich firm has developed an "ultra-cold" smart container for the safe transportation of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. SkyCell’s product maintains a steady temperature of minus 60° Celsius to minus 80° Celsius for more than 120 hours without recharging, enabling up to 1.75 million doses to be transported in a single aircraft, which is [...]
A privacy-focused COVID-19 care platform has been brought to market by a London biotech firm. BLOK BioScience’s end-to-end system enables organisations to take full control of the safety of their premises through a CE marked 15-minute test and an ID2020 certified digital health pass. At the front end of the system are two apps - [...]
A new data capture platform has been launched to support the fight against COVID-19 in nursing and care homes. Gather Care has been designed to enable care workers, care managers, clinicians and operators to identify the early warning signs of outbreaks of colds, flu, viruses and infectious outbreaks, including COVID-19. Developed in conjunction with care [...]
Healthcare company Abbott has announced the US launch of a device designed to provide treatment for people living with chronic pain. The IonicRF Generator has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration to deliver a non-surgical, minimally invasive treatment for the management of pain in the nervous system. The Generator is a radiofrequency [...]
A Guildford-based diagnostics firm is nearing its £250,000 crowdfunding target. Luas Diagnostics has a licensed platform technology on which it will develop diagnostic tests requiring minimal training and can be deployed in remote settings away from centralised testing laboratories. The company is set to distribute two new rapid antibody and antigen tests for Covid-19 in [...]
A new self-reporting wellbeing device will provide mental health support to healthcare professionals in Lincolnshire, with pilot trials starting soon. The eight-week trial involves 80 employees at Riverside Surgery in Brigg using Moodbeam’s self-reporting wellbeing tool to assess how their mood, feelings and behaviours change daily. This is the second practice to undertake trials of [...]
New technology is helping to reduce pressure on hospital beds in Merseyside by allowing COVID-19 patients to be monitored and cared for in their own homes. Mersey Care NHS Foundation launched a pilot of the COVID Oximetry@Home service in April and began accepting referrals from primary care last month. The trust is planning to do the same [...]
A new smart thermometer is promising more accurate measurements, with its creator saying it will unlock the “hidden science” behind early insight into illness and disease. Celsium is a medical grade wearable smart thermometer that links to an online platform, taking automatic readings every four seconds and instantly alerting the user when temperature rises. It [...]
