Late last year, virtual reality therapeutic company AppliedVR scored FDA De Novo clearance for its EaseVRx system for treating chronic lower back pain.
The eight-week virtual reality program is designed to help people control and modulate their pain, AppliedVR cofounder and CEO Matthew Stoudt told MobiHealthNews. The system uses regulation and mindfulness skills, as well as techniques from...
Japanese medical device maker Jolly Good and the Pain Center at the Aichi Medical University Hospital will conduct a study on the efficacy of virtual reality-based therapy for chronic pain.
It was in April last year that Jolly Good set up its digital therapeutics division, which involves a team of psychiatrists, pharmaceutical strategy specialists, and other DTx specialists. Through this, the...
A virtual reality-based right heart catheter training programme will soon come to Vantari VR's platform.
The Australian VR startup has partnered with Dr Martin Brown, a cardiologist and associate clinical professor at Macquarie University, who first developed the training course with Janssen Pharmaceuticals in 2017. The training programme has since been approved by the Cardiac Society of...
PrecisionOS scored FDA 510(k) clearance for its InVisionOS tool that allows surgeons to plan operations using virtual reality.
The software, which officially received the FDA greenlight earlier in November, will be available early next year. It takes a patient’s CT scan and creates a 3D construction that a surgeon can then view and manipulate with an Oculus Quest 2. They can also use VR to focus...
The Food and Drug Administration has granted AppliedVR De Novo clearance to market its EaseVRx virtual reality system to treat chronic lower back pain.
The prescription device includes a VR headset and controller plus a “Breathing Amplifier” that’s used to train the user in deep breathing. Patients can participate in 56 VR sessions that use cognitive behavioral therapy to treat pain. The...
AppliedVR, developer of virtual reality therapeutics, has scooped up $36 million in Series B funding months after it closed a Series A round.
The Series B, which included investments from F-Prime Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners, Sway Ventures and SVB Ventures, brought the company’s total raise to $71 million.
WHAT IT DOES
AppliedVR creates virtual reality technology for healthcare applications,...
Japanese VR medical device maker Jolly Good, together with the Nippon Medical School, a private university in Tokyo, has developed a cloud-based clinical education platform that uses VR.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The education platform employs Jolly Good's Operation Cloud VR system that delivers a virtual view of live procedures through a 360-degree VR camera. The system is capable of automatically saving...
Curebase, a platform for decentralized clinical trials, is partnering with AppliedVR to run five trials to test the effectiveness of virtual reality for treating chronic pain.
The companies said the one-year partnership will focus on studying a self-administered, at-home VR therapy program. Curebase will manage patient recruitment, consent, and engagement, and collect patient-reported outcomes...
A brand-new incubator and accelerator dedicated to helping develop healthtech businesses has been unveiled in the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai SME, which is part of the Department of Economic Development of the Government of Dubai – commonly referred to as Dubai Economy – has launched “Ztartup”, which will operate out of the emirate’s Healthcare City area.
“The new incubator is dedicated to...
An Australian virtual reality startup was recently awarded a $100,000 grant (approximately AU$131,000) from Epic Games, the American video game company behind the online game Fortnite.
WHAT IT DOES
Launched in 2017, Vantari VR develops a VR training platform that uses flight-simulator-style technology to help doctors and students practice and perfect life-saving procedures. The platform...
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