Innovation

TORONTO – St. Michael’s Foundation’s 8th annual medical research competition, Angels Den, awarded three St. Michael’s teams a combined $500,000 to fund their research innovations. Six teams of St. Michael’s Hospital’s all-star scientists battled it on Angels Den for a chance to win. Read More

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple Inc. is preparing to release its next major product – a mixed-reality headset that it hopes will vault the company into a new era of computing. The new headset and software are expected to be released next year. Bloomberg news is reporting the headset itself is likely to be priced between $2,000 and $3,000; it’s a high-end product that will pack a Mac-level M2 chip, more than 10 cameras placed outside and inside the device, and the highest-resolution displays ever featured in a mass-market headset. Read More

TORONTO – Drone Delivery Canada Corp. announced that its Care By Air project with Halton Healthcare Services and DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada is commercially operational. This revenue generating pilot project will be operational for a six-month term. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – McMaster University is partnering with Halton Healthcare, Drone Delivery Canada (DDC), Air Canada Cargo and DSV Canada to develop a drone delivery system that will revolutionize how medical goods – including medical isotopes made at McMaster – reach hospitals and patients across Halton Region. Read More

REGINA – A Canadian startup that has created a digital assessment tool for monitoring Parkinson’s disease symptoms has won the 2022 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge. In making the winning pitch, Bronwyn Bridges (pictured), co-founder and CEO of PragmaClin, said the ultimate goal is for people living with Parkinson’s to get help faster with more accurate results. Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – Medtronic, a global healthcare technology leader, has announced three significant global market-entrance and indication expansion approvals for its Hugo robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system. Read More

EDMONTON – Canadian healthcare technology developers have a new resource available to them to inform their product development efforts. The ASSESS Project has launched, which is a global initiative to support innovators with early insights into the business case to develop their technology. The project utilizes the online ASSESS Platform to connect those that are developing healthcare technologies to global experts in health technology assessment. Read More

QUEBEC CITY – Technimount EMS, a provider of mounting solutions for medical devices, continues to innovate with the Xtension Pro Assistant – CCT, a solution that allows the safe transfer of critically ill patients to specialized care facilities. The Xtension Pro Assistant – CCT is the result of a research and development process that was conducted in collaboration with one of Canada’s leading healthcare institutions, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, part of CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. Read More

OTTAWA – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) formally announced a collaboration that aims to improve the quality of patient care. TOH will integrate data and reporting to standardize and improve its services by using artificial intelligence and smart connected devices. The collaboration agreement between TOH and BD will specifically focus on four key areas: Read More

SUDBURY, Ont. – Verv Technologies and McMaster University announced a new collaboration that will further develop Verv’s ground-breaking technology to improve at-home healthcare. A $314,000 investment from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is allowing the partners to work together to develop a series of blood tests that have the potential to change how individuals manage their own healthcare. Read More