Atommerce, the operator of South Korean mental healthcare platform Mind Cafe, has received 6 billion won ($4.8 million) in strategic investment from Lotte Healthcare and Samsung Venture Investment.
WHAT IT DOES
Launched in 2015, Mind Cafe claims to be the leading mental health app in South Korea in terms of monthly active users, average stay time, number of experts, sales, and cumulative...
Medical AI startup Qritive has pooled $7.5 million in a funding round led by MassMutual Ventures and supported by Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital and Exfinity Venture Partners.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2017, the Singapore-headquartered company offers diagnostic support solutions that provide fast and accurate pathological interpretations "within seconds." Its digital pathology...
LifeSemantics teases pulmonary rehabilitation DTx
South Korean digital health company LifeSemantics is launching its digital therapeutics product that helps with the pulmonary rehabilitation of people with COPD.
The Redpill Breath DTx helps users self-rehabilitate their respiratory functions at home. It monitors their oxygen saturation and walking performance in real time, sends text alerts in...
LG Electronics has come up with a wireless earphone that helps users sleep comfortably using brain wave technology.
Developed by its independent company, SleepWave, the device called Breeze can also analyse sleep data in real time and suggest better sleep patterns.
HOW IT WORKS
Intended to be worn while sleeping, this lightweight earphone plays brain wave-based synchronised sounds in varying...
Dozee scores 510(k) for AI contactless sensor for RPM
Indian medical device company Dozee has received the United States Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for its proprietary contactless sensor for remote patient monitoring.
The Dozee sensor sheet, which is placed under a hospital bed mattress, captures micro-vibrations from patients using Ballistocardiography. These vibrations are...
Singaporean telehealth company Doctor Anywhere has fully acquired Catalist-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists, a multidisciplinary medical care group.
The latter offers a wide range of specialist services, including anaesthesia, dermatology, family medicine, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, rehabilitation and urology, across 12 clinics in Singapore.
Its 14...
A study from Singapore has evaluated the effectiveness of mental health chatbots in helping alleviate symptoms of depression.
Previous studies have pointed out chatbots' potential in helping people with depression in treating their symptoms.
This new study by clinician doctors from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University Singapore set out to evaluate the...
South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft has obtained medical device certifications from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its line of AI diagnostic support solutions.
Founded in 2012, the company develops AI imaging diagnosis solutions, specialising in thoracic disorders.
It gained approvals from Singapore's HSA for the following nine software solutions:
AVIEW LCS, an AI-based...
A University of Queensland research into dementia treatment using ultrasound has started its year-long human safety trial.
The trial aims to determine whether ultrasound could be safely delivered as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. It is being conducted at Mater Hospital Brisbane and UQ and involves 12 participants.
HOW IT WORKS
The ultrasound treatment is delivered fortnightly to each...
Singapore-based insurtech Aktivolabs gains $10M in Series A funding
Aktivolabs, a Singaporean health tech startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Adaptive Capital Partners and Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital. The investing round was also joined by HH Investments and Govin Capital.
Founded in 2017, the company provides individualised...
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