Apricity acquires period-tracking app Woom
UK virtual fertility clinic Apricity has acquired Woom, a Spanish women’s health app offering period tracking and community support for those looking to conceive a child. Founded in 2015 [...]
Valens partners Würth to improve medical imaging
Israeli connectivity company Valens has turned to German electronics manufacturer Würth Elektronik to improve video resolution for medical image diagnosis and procedures. The offering encompasses secure, cost-effective, uncompressed, high-bandwidth [...]
IMC membership level targets IoT influencers
The IoT M2M Council (IMC) has established a new level of membership to attract individuals that wish to exert influence on the IoT technology sector. The IMC has long [...]
Verily backs research into temperature monitoring
Verily, a subsidiary of Google owner Alphabet, is backing research into the use of continuous temperature monitoring in staff and older residents of independent- and assisted-living facilities. According to [...]
GE invests $50m in tele-ultrasound start-up
GE Healthcare is investing up to $50m in Israeli start-up Pulsenmore’s handheld tele-ultrasound device that docks with a smartphone so women can perform ultrasound self-scans at home. The device [...]
BodiMetrics tackles racial bias in pulse oximeters
Californian wellness company BodiMetrics has announced initiatives to address health inequality in the wearable medical technology industry and increase awareness of the implicit racial bias in commercial pulse oximeters. [...]
Wearable measures glucose, alcohol and lactate simultaneously
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a prototype of a wearable that can continuously monitor several health stats such as glucose, alcohol and lactate levels [...]
Novant Health expands telehealth offering
North Carolina not-for-profit integrated healthcare system Novant Health has launched a remote patient monitoring system in partnership with New Jersey-based Health Recovery Solutions (HRS). The partnership will launch with [...]
Start-up Can launches smart cane to aid mobility
California-based Can Mobilities has emerged from stealth with a smart cane that it believes can transform human mobility. The Can Go is a smart cane with web and mobile [...]
Zimmer adds AI to intelligent operating room
Indiana-based Zimmer Biomet has added artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its Omni intelligent operating room (OR) suite to optimise surgical workflow and procedural efficiency. It does this by automating [...]
Prisma picks Philips software to monitor patients
South Carolina’s health provider Prisma Health is using software from Dutch firm Philips for patient monitoring and enterprise imaging, helping drive interoperability and data analytics. Prisma Health is South [...]
Mayo Clinic detects weak heart pump using Apple Watch
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect weak heart pumps via patients’ Apple Watch ECGs. The single-lead ECG tracings from an Apple Watch interpreted by [...]
