Consumer

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By  Jessica Hagen 10:47 am October 18, 2024
Tech giant Lenovo, alongside Innovations in Dementia, announced a proof-of-concept project dubbed Alzheimer's Intelligence, a photorealistic AI-enabled 3D avatar that conversates with individuals with dementia, offering curated advice gathered from hundreds of real people living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Lenovo's technology aggregates experience and advice collected from hundreds of...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:38 pm October 17, 2024
Google announced it is licensing its AI model focused on detecting diabetic retinopathy to partners in Thailand and India, two countries the tech giant says have a shortage of eye specialists.  Google Research teams partnered with foundational research partners Aravind Eye Hospital in India and Rajavithi Hospital in Thailand nearly a decade ago to research whether AI could be used to help reduce...
PursueCare prescription digital therapeutics apps
By  Anthony Vecchione 05:34 pm October 16, 2024
PursueCare, a company that provides personalized virtual addiction treatment, announced the re-release of FDA-cleared RESET and RESET-O, prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder, respectively. RESET and RESET-O were initially developed and commercialized by Pear Therapeutics, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year. PursueCare acquired...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am October 15, 2024
MDisrupt, a marketplace for healthcare technology, has received a $1 million milestone-based investment from American Heart Association Ventures, the newly established venture firm that leads AHA's investments. Texas-based MDisrupt also entered into a service agreement with the American Heart Association to co-develop a platform to connect experts and innovators.  MDisrupt offers an AI-powered...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:32 pm October 14, 2024
Infant monitoring specialist Owlet was informed by the New York Stock Exchange that it has regained compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards. Last year, Owlet was notified by the NYSE that it was not in compliance with Section 802.01B of the NYSE listed company manual because its average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30-day trading day period was below $50 million...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 10:33 pm October 11, 2024
Springbok Analytics, a life sciences muscle and analytics company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for MuscleView, an AI-powered technology that analyzes muscle health via magnetic resonance (MR) images.  The AI-based technology analyzes MRI data and produces personalized 3D visualizations and metrics of muscle health.  Springbok Analytics' full-body muscle-analysis capabilities were introduced...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:50 pm October 10, 2024
RadiantGraph, a company that uses machine learning and AI to drive consumer engagement for healthcare, announced it raised $11 million in Series A funding just weeks after releasing news of launching integration capabilities with Amazon Web Service (AWS), Google Cloud platform, Snowflake and Databricks. M13 led the Series A round with participation from XYZ Ventures and True Ventures.  WHAT IT...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:21 pm October 8, 2024
Kipu Health, a company that provides technology solutions for behavioral health, announced it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a suite of original AI solutions for healthcare providers.  The initial offering within the AI suite is designed to simplify clinical workflows by transcribing patients' sessions, generating progress notes and delivering chart summaries for...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:38 pm October 7, 2024
Healthcare-focused data analytics company Glassbeam has signed an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program to enhance VA real-time data and predictive analytics capabilities. HTM and Glassbeam engineers will work together utilizing Glassbeam's Service Analytics offering to connect systems, gather log data and create predictive signatures. ...
Medtronic device
By  Jessica Hagen 01:38 pm October 4, 2024
Medtronic, which develops, manufactures and sells medical therapy devices, has issued a voluntary recall of its MiniMed 600 series or 700 series insulin pumps due to the pump's potentially shortened battery life.  The company issued a field action, starting on July 31, notifying customers globally that they should monitor their MiniMed pump's built-in alarms and alerts to keep track of battery...