New upper GI endoscopy AI tested at CU Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) became the first to test Olympus' new AI-powered upper gastrointestinal endoscopy system for detecting gastric cancers.
The faculty first partnered with the Japanese medical endoscope manufacturer last year.
"The new AI endoscopic system is distinguished by its ability to...
Biofourmis founder launches health LMM startup
Over a year after leaving biotechnology unicorn Biofourmis, ex-CEO and founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput recently announced that he set up a new health tech company focused on generative AI.
In a LinkedIn post, he shared that his newly founded startup, OutcomesAI, has partnered with SingHealth to deploy its large multi-modal model (LMM) called Glia,...
Mental health app Lissun bags $3M for AI integration
Mental health platform Lissun in India has scored $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by RPSG Capital Ventures.
With its fresh funds, the startup plans to integrate AI into its suite of digital mental health solutions which target corporates, schools, and families of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. The new funds will...
Qure.ai nets $65M for foundational AI
Qure.ai has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset.
The company said it will use its fresh funds to invest more in foundational AI models, as well as acquire complementary startups in medical technology. It will also be used to accelerate its expansion in the United States and other markets.
Early this year, the...
Respiree, Roche announces AI integration for RPM
Singaporean startup Respiree has tied up with global pharmaceutical and diagnostics company Roche for technology integration.
Respiree will be combining its vital sign monitoring device with Roche's blood glucose device as a joint bedside offering. The solution is also expected to be integrated with machine learning models that predict clinical...
Pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche has recently integrated a suite of AI algorithms into its enterprise digital pathology software.
The company has collaborated with South Korean firm Deep Bio to power the navify digital pathology platform with the prostate cancer analysis AI solution, DeepDx Prostate. The AI technology provides pathologists with gland-level Gleason grading, measurements...
The Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, an independent research institute under India's Department of Science and Technology, has invented a smartphone and sensor-based system to support the management of Parkinson's disease.
HOW IT WORKS
The system involves a fluorescence nanoprobe, a smartphone camera, and a mobile app. It aims to detect the concentration of L-dopa (levodopa...
Heuron expands medical AI to Thailand
Heuron from South Korea has recently signed a distribution agreement to deliver its medical AI solutions to Thailand.
According to a press release, it partnered with AI software distributor Medhealth Informatics to sell Heuron's products, including its stroke triage AI solution Heuron StroCare Suite; Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis of brain...
AIRS Medical bags $20M to take more global markets
Korean medical AI company AIRS Medical has raked in $20 million in a Series C funding round led by BSK Investment and Shinyoung Securities.
Based on a press statement, the company will use its fresh funds to continue its global expansion and invest in R&D.
Last year, AIRS Medical launched its flagship product, SwiftMR, in the United States...
A nursing training facility in India has recently opened, which could be the first to be augmented by virtual reality technology.
Healthcare VR developer MediSim VR has partnered with Kusum Dhirajlal (KD) Hospital to establish the Virtual Reality Health Lab.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Located at the 300-bed multispecialty hospital in Ahmedabad, a city in the western state of Gujarat in India, the nursing...
