H·ROBOTICS, a robotics-based healthcare company that attracts the rehabilitation medical equipment industry’s attention, will showcase its flagship products at the K-HOSPITAL HEALTH TECH FAIR 2023 (KHF 2023), at COEX from Sept. 14 to 16.The company said Friday that it would exhibit its two mainstay
With the emerging importance of language learning models (LLM) across various industries including the healthcare industry, Google Cloud and Kakao Healthcare representatives elaborated on its collaboration to use federated learning in healthcare and life sciences.Federated learning is a machine lear
Corentec, a company specializing in the production of artificial joints, announced on Tuesday that the inaugural surgery involving its patient-specific implant (PSI) designed for artificial shoulder joints was effectively carried out at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Korea.The PSI serves
HLB Panagene said it has been recognized as a member of Cancer X, a public-private partnership aimed at conquering cancer, in recognition of its technology for molecular diagnosis of cancer using artificial genetic material.Cancer X is spearheaded by the Moffitt Cancer Center, a prominent U.S. cance
It has been confirmed that Medtronic Korea is conducting a manufacturer's recall of its laryngoscope blade, McGRATH MAC 2-Blade, from domestic medical institutions.According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), Medtronic Korea is recalling 500 units with specific manufacturing numbers. Un
Lunit plans to raise 200 billion won ($151 million) in shareholder rights offering. Aside from strengthening research and development, the company has announced the planned establishment of a corporate venture capital (CVC).In a public filing Wednesday, Lunit announced its decision to conduct a capi
Lunit has unveiled its ambitions to transition from an AI-backed medical imaging company to a big data healthcare platform provider and become profitable by 2025 through such businesses.The company held its 10th-anniversary press conference at its headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Thursday, wher
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has designated HeartMedi, AiMEDiC’s cardiovascular risk assessment software that evaluates the degree of stenosis of coronary arteries, and DrNoon CKD, Mediwhale’s hospital treatment software that displays the risk of chronic kidney disease, as the 41st an
Neofect, a Korean company specializing in digital rehabilitation, said on Tuesday that it signed an R&D agreement with the Korea Medical Device Development Foundation (KMDF) to apply artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to develop digital smart boards for patient rehabilitation. Neofect produce
On Monday, ATsens announced the initiation of prescriptions for its long-term continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring device, AT-Patch, in Japan. This announcement follows just one week after Huinno, another domestic ECG patch manufacturer, revealed a partnership to jointly promote its ECG pat
Lunit said it will present the results of artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS) located in tumor specimen tissue to predict treatment response at the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2023). WCLC 2023, taking place in Singapore from Sep. 9-12, is expecte
Korea might be lightyears ahead of other countries with developing new digital health technologies. However, the nation falters in timely implementation, raising questions about the practical impact of its advancements. Korea approved two digital therapeutics (DTx) devices this year but there has be
As Korean digital therapeutic device companies, including Welt and Aimmed, prepare to enter the U.S. market, an American expert has advised them to go beyond getting approvals and prove cost-effectiveness to land the market successfully.Jennifer Goldsack, president of the U.S. Digital Medicine Socie
VUNO has expanded the coverage of its non-reimbursable VUNO Med–DeepCARS, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cardiac arrest prediction software, to include children under 19 years old.The decision, made by the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) on Thursday, broadens th
Lunit continues to solidify its global footprint with significant strides in financial growth and international partnerships, an analyst’s report said.According to the report by Jun Choi at Macquarie, the results for the second quarter announced last Friday revealed a promising increase in revenue f
Johnson & Johnson MedTech Korea said Wednesday that it signed an agreement with Yuhan Corp. and Huinno to co-promote MEMO PATCH PLUS, an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring medical device. MEMO PATCH PLUS, developed by Huinno, is a device prescribed to continuously monitor a patient's electrocardiogr
Seegene's preliminary earnings results for the second quarter showed a continued deterioration in the company's performance, as the COVID-19 outbreak entered an endemic phase.According to a public filing by Seegene last Friday, the company's sale in the second quarter was 84.9 billion won ($63.7 mil
Life Semantics Corp., a Korean digital health company, said on Monday that it recently introduced its digital health products to Paraguayan government officials.Paraguay not only borders major Latin American countries such as Brazil and Argentina but is also a member of the MERCOSUR, also known as t
EOFlow, the wearable insulin pump EOPatch developer, has been embroiled in an intellectual property right (IPR) infringement lawsuit in the U.S.In a public filing Wednesday, EOFlow said that INSULET, a U.S. developer of wearable insulin pumps, has filed an IPR infringement and unfair competition law
Canon Medical Systems Korea is voluntarily recalling all Vantage Galan 3T MODEL MRT-3020 MRI units installed in Korea after one of the devices in use in Japan caught fire during operations.According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the incident happened at a hospital in Japan when an operato