Ophthalmology technology company Smartlens announced it closed a $6.1 million Series A equity financing round led by Ambit Health Ventures.
Stanford University, Sophia Innovation Capital, Graphene Ventures, Plaisance Capital Management, Boutique Venture Partners, Wilson Sonsini Investments and 3E Bioventures also participated in the round.
WHAT IT DOES
Smartlens offers miLens, an electronics-...
Oncoshot receives funding to further expand in India, Australia
Singaporean medical startup Oncoshot has scored an undisclosed investment through a pre-Series A funding round led by Biofurmis and Qure.ai investor MassMutual Ventures.
Based on a press release, the funding will support the company's further expansion into India and Australia.
There are four hospital networks in India and some...
A new device in the treatment of glaucoma has been introduced by Opthalmic Sciences. IOPerfect works by using artificial intelligence (AI) in a virtual reality-type headset which allows telediagnosis and remote monitoring.
It can be self-administered, and patients can wear the headset to monitor their IOP (fluid pressure inside the eyes) at home. It is non-invasive and without the need for eye...
A novel AI-based method of screening patients for glaucoma has been developed by scientists at the Nanyang Technological University and clinicians from the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The automated glaucoma screening method was developed in a study, whose findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Methods.
Two stereo fundus images taken as a pair were collected...
At their annual Innovation Day industry event, engineering design and development firm Cambridge Consultants demoed a number of early projects involving robotics, augmented reality, mobile devices, and other technologies. In between keynote presentations from industry executives, MobiHealthNews had some hands-on time with the following healthcare-focused prototypes:
Mobile glaucoma screening...
An eye scanner may be able to detect glaucoma in patients by examining patterns of eye movements recorded when subjects watch a movie, according to researchers at City University London who published their findings in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
"At present, healthcare detection and monitoring of patients with sensory impairments resulting from chronic age-related neurodegenerative disease...
