Focus:
Automation
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24 February 2020 News
FDA grants breakthrough status to Altair Medical’s RESPMETER device
Altair Medical’s RESPMETER wearable biosensor device has been awarded Breakthrough Device status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an effort to tackle the global opioid epidemic.
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19 February 2020 News
Abbott and Insulet partner on automated diabetes care
Abbott and Insulet are partnering to integrate Abbott’s blood glucose sensing technology with Insulet’s Omnipod Horizon automated insulin delivery (AID) system.
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12 February 2020 News
Oxford VR secures $12.5m investment for VR therapy tech
UK-based virtual reality (VR) therapy company Oxford VR has announced the completion of a $12.5m Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures.
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30 January 2020 News
Bright Machines and DRW partner to automate HIV test production
Bright Machines and Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW) have partnered to automate the manufacturing of HIV testing equipment.
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8 October 2019 Analysis
The age of the autonomous pharmacy
Omnicell UK recently launched its vision for the ‘Autonomous Pharmacy’, a future where medication is managed digitally in cloud-based, AI powered systems, freeing pharmacists from administrative tasks in order to...
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11 September 2019 News
NHS users prefer virtual assistants to humans, finds EBO.ai study
New research from EBO.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company that works on automating conversations, has revealed that most NHS service users prefer digital messaging over human interaction when communicating with...
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5 July 2019 News
Wearable body patch allows early detection of sepsis
A body-worn monitoring system developed by UK-based Isansys Lifecare has the potential to speed up sepsis diagnosis in hospitals.
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26 June 2019 News
Robotic teddy bears can boost mood of hospitalised children
Social robots used in paediatric unit support sessions could aid the recovery of sick children, a study published today in the journal Pediatrics has found.
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18 April 2019 News
New technology can predict ON/OFF motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s patients
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed wearable motion sensors to detect and monitor medication ON and OFF states in Parkinson’s patients.
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16 April 2019
Medbelle raises $7m to build ‘digital hospital’
London-based medtech startup Medbelle has raised $7m in series A funding towards establishing the world’s first ‘digital hospital’.