Wearables
Scientists have taken the first step in creating the next generation of wearable health monitors which detect gases released from the skin. Most research on measuring human biomarkers, which are measures of a body’s health, rely on electrical signals to sense the chemicals excreted in sweat. But sensors that rely on perspiration often require huge [...]
A University of Minnesota research team has developed a new micro-fluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing. Microfluidics involves the study and manipulation of liquids at a very small [...]
VR Medical is a Czech start-up with the ambition of improving healthcare outcomes through virtual reality (VR). Anton Titov is Chief Product Officer at VR Medical and Innovation Leader at Direct People. The innovation agency collaborates with VR Medical on solution design and business development. Health Tech World caught up with Anton to find out [...]
The life sciences sector’s failure to adequately provide ‘connected health’ products and services to patients will prove a boon to Big Tech, according to a new report. Capgemini’s research reveals that, despite high ambitions, only a few life sciences organisations have the digital, technical and collaborative abilities to realise the potential of connected health. And less [...]
NexStem, a startup which creates non-invasive robotics controlled by the user’s thoughts, has announced the general availability of its new headset and software products; which it says address a critical next step in inserting the human into the metaverse. The firm says it has "cracked the code on improving the quality of the electroencephalography (EEG) signals harnessed" by brain-computer interfaces (BC). [...]
HT World talks to Dr Diana Hodgins, CEO of Dynamic Metrics and creator of GaitSmart. “I hadn’t realised the complexities of working in healthcare,” says Dr Diana Hodgins MBE, of her shift into rehab technology in the early 2000s. Today Diana holds 30 patents on solid-state sensors and medical applications related to their use. Back then [...]
the UK has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world with eight out of ten women stopping before they want to
A new breakthrough could prove a game changer for users of prosthetic hands by enabling new levels of dexterity. With current myoelectric prosthetic hands, users can only control one grasp function at a time even though modern artificial hands are mechanically capable of individual control of all five digits. A first-of-its-kind study has used haptic/touch [...]
Enable Injections, a health tech firm behind a pioneering drug delivery system, has raised US$215m to advance the system into the lives of more patients. Enable’s enFuse system uses drug delivery technology designed to subcutaneously (SC) deliver large volumes of up to 50mL for a wide range of therapies and diseases. It is designed to [...]
Health tech firm Wandercraft has raised US$45m to speed the development and rollout of its exoskeleton products. The equity finance raise will be used to fund the continued development of its new personal exoskeleton for outdoor and home use. It will also accelerate the deployment of Atalante, its CE-marked rehabilitation exoskeleton, in the US. Paris-headquartered [...]
