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A UK-made medical device that has transformed regional anaesthesia into a single operator procedure will be demonstrated live at Arab Health 2022. Health Tech World’s Arab Health correspondent Julia Price speaks with Dr Fawzy, who will demonstrate the device. SAFIRA has been developed by medical device company Medovate in collaboration with clinicians from the UK’s [...]
Digital health innovators Atos and Huma will share their remote patient monitoring system with the Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC), a constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU), in Pune, India. A spokesperson for Huma said the system, which uses smartphone technology, a pulse oximeter and includes a portal for clinicians, will allow the [...]
Figures from Rockhealth show that digital health investment grew by almost 50 per cent in the first three quarters of 2021 compared to the previous year. Here we report on some of the biggest deals of the year so far. It has been a record-breaking year for digital health investment. According to Rockhealth, 2021 has [...]
QuantuMDx has secured a £15m equity investment from Vita Spring, a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage medical companies with disruptive technologies and global market potential. QuantuMDx's Q-POC is a portable, PCR device offering rapid, sample-to-answer, molecular diagnostic testing at the point of care, with results in approximately 30 minutes. [...]
Mackwell Health, part of the Mackwell Group, has announced that it will be showcasing its reusable RPE (respiratory protective equipment) eco-system at this year’s MEDICA event in Dusseldorf, Germany. A combination of wearables and support toolkits, the reusable RPE ecosystem provides the healthcare sector with sustainable and effective RPE solutions to provide optimal safety to [...]
A novel non-fusion surgical technique that aims to create a straight spine in children diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has been demonstrated on the ABHI Surgical Simulation Theatre at Future Surgery Show 2021. Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a promising new procedure currently being trialled in the UK for the first time. A simulation of the technically [...]
The growing awareness around mental health in sport has led to two new client wins for wellbeing technology start-up Frog Systems. The company’s software was selected by United Leicester and Switch the Play for two significant projects - a free digital wellbeing hub for sports fans in the city of Leicester and a platform to [...]
Two health tech projects aimed at addressing the impact of COVID on the brain and mental health have received European funding. The two proposals answered the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) calls for expression of interest (CEol) on “COVID-19 and its impact on brain and mental health”. They have received a share of £383,000 (EUR 450,000) [...]
Swedish medtech firm Medow has won a £10m deal with the Saudi Arabian Cigalah Group to sell its IV-bracelet, which enables safer treatments by better securing intravenous tubes. The agreement will see the device distributed across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain over the next five years. Normally, intravenous tubes are kept in place by [...]
The UK health technology industry will reunite at the world’s leading international trade fair for the medical sector, MEDICA 2021 – the first live edition to take place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition, which takes place from 15 – 18 November 2021 in Düsseldorf, will give pioneering HealthTech companies the opportunity [...]
