Singapore

Dozee smart connected bed
By  Adam Ang 12:56 am December 23, 2022
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...
[Left-Right] Travis Seet, CFO, and Dr Chin Pak Lin, CEO, Asian Healthcare Specialists; Lim Wai Mun, CEO and founder, and Edwin Basuki, CFO, Doctor Anywhere Credit: Doctor Anywhere
By  Adam Ang 02:50 am December 22, 2022
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 person holding a smartphone looks out a window
By  Adam Ang 02:03 am December 20, 2022
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...
Coreline Soft's AVIEW line of AI imaging diagnostic solutions
By  Adam Ang 01:53 am December 20, 2022
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...
Aktivolabs mobile health apps
By  Adam Ang 03:01 am December 16, 2022
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...
By  Adam Ang 11:37 pm December 8, 2022
Singapore-based health tech company SmartFuture has launched a new software development kit for remote patient monitoring. According to a press release, its RPM SDK allows the integration of a white-labelled RPM functionality into existing apps and web portals.  The software kit has the ability to connect with over 400 regulated wireless medical devices from around 40 brands, including Omron,...
A child playing the new Cogo game while wearing the SenzeBand 2, an EEG headband by Neeuro
By  Adam Ang 03:01 am December 6, 2022
Singaporean tech startup Neeuro and the Institute of Mental Health have unveiled their home-based attention training programme.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT The digital therapeutic programme called Cogo seeks to solve inattentiveness in children aged 6-12 years through a 24-session guided game that is paired with the SenzeBand 2 EEG headband by Neeuro. It was developed based on Neeuro's Brain-Computer...
Igloo website
By  Adam Ang 02:27 am November 30, 2022
Singapore-based insurance technology company Igloo has received $27 million in an extended Series B funding round led by InsuResilience Investment Fund II, which is managed by BlueOrchard Finance, along with Women’s World Banking Asset Management, Finnfund, La Maison and Cathay Innovation. This brings its total proceeds from its Series B round to $46 million. It initially raised $19 million in...
A screenshot of a breast scan reading from the See-Mode software
By  Adam Ang 11:57 pm November 16, 2022
See-Mode Technologies, a medtech startup based in Melbourne, Australia and Singapore, has received the approval of Health Canada for its software product that supports breast and thyroid ultrasound examinations. Founded in 2017, the company develops AI to better predict the risk of stroke and vascular diseases by improving the analysis of ultrasound images. Its flagship product, Augmented...
A nurse holding a tablet is taking care of an elderly patient in bed
By  Adam Ang 02:02 am November 11, 2022
NEC Thailand tries out digital elderly care system The Thai unit of Japanese IT and electronics firm NEC Corporation has conducted a proof of concept trial of a digital system for elderly care.  The POC features a range of technological solutions that support healthcare professionals in providing care, rehabilitation and contactless prevention of high-risk incidents in elderly care facilities. ...