Focus:
Neurology
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19 November 2019 News
Winterlight Labs raises Series A funds to develop AI vocal technology
Canada-based Winterlight Labs has raised $4.23m (C$5.6m) through a Series A round to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) vocal technology to detect central nervous system disorders and track the efficacy...
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13 November 2019 News
Philips launches IntelliSpace Cognition in US
Royal Philips has launched its cognitive assessment platform Philips IntelliSpace Cognition in the US.
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11 November 2019 News
Simulation-based approach for epilepsy receives regulatory approval
A personalised brain modelling approach to improve the outcomes of epilepsy surgery has received approval for clinical testing in 13 hospitals in France.
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7 November 2019 News
Medopad partners with Janssen on digital memory test
Medopad has partnered with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals to validate, scale and potentially commercialise the ReVeRe platform as a novel digital biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease.
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6 November 2019 News
‘Bike helmet’ brain scanner trialled in children for first time
A wearable ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner that allows natural movement during scanning has been trialled in children for the first time at the University of Nottingham’s Sir Peter Mansfield...
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31 October 2019 News
US researchers develop algorithms to monitor Parkinson’s tremors
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have collaborated with the Icahn School of Medicine and the University of Rochester Medical Center to develop machine-learning algorithms...
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23 October 2019 News
GTX medical merges with NeuroRecovery Technologies
Netherlands-based medical device maker GTX medical has merged with US-based medical device developer NeuroRecovery Technologies (NRT) to create a neurostimulation company with a focus on spinal cord injury (SCI).
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5 October 2019 Analysis
September’s top news stories
World-first cardio trial showed reduced wait times and hospital admissions and Orchestra gets CE-Mark for Moderato system to treat hypertension. Medicaldevice-network.com wraps up key headlines from September 2019.
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1 October 2019 Analysis
Ready player one: booting up the prescription video game
Akili Interactive is developing a range of ‘prescription video games’ that combine specialised algorithms with cutting-edge gaming tech to improve cognitive function in various patient groups with neurological disorders. How...
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30 September 2019 News
US scientists identify potential diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s diagnosis
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the US have identified a molecular marker that could enable doctors to diagnose Parkinson’s accurately, early and in a clinically practical...