VR
People in Leicester, UK, experiencing an irregular heart rhythm are set to benefit from virtual monitoring thanks to a new innovation. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has become one of the first in the UK to create a remote monitoring ward for patients with atrial fibrillation. The scheme, which has been awarded £274,000 funding from NHS England’s Transformation [...]
Oxford VR has created a virtual reality therapy that could enable greater access to cost-effective and high-quality mental health treatment. The treatments, which include powerful simulations of the scenarios in which psychological difficulties occur, are automated and use a virtual coach. Health Tech World spoke with oxford VR CEO, Deepak Gopalakrishna, who said the immersive [...]
The possibilities of VR in healthcare are ever-broadening and 2022 is shaping up to be another year of strong progress in its development. From designing drugs to providing virtual rehab for stroke patients, VR has the potential to revolutionise medicine and rehabilitation – especially amid COVID's lingering restrictions and challenges. As the pandemic forced [...]
Research suggests that 3D printing and virtual reality can improve patient care and reduce anaesthesiologist stress and equipment wastage. An anaesthesia team from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel studied the use of 3D technology to prepare for operations in 20 patients, including a 35-week-old fetus who required caesarean delivery and an 83-year [...]
Software company HypnoVR, which provides digital medical hypnosis therapy via a virtual reality headset, has raised €4.5 million ($5.1M). This series A funding round involved newcomers, including lead investor Theodorus (Belgium), the Banque des Territoires (France) operating for the French state as part of the Investments for the Future Programme (Programme d’investissements d’avenir, PIA), Akiles [...]
