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October 3, 2018
DUBLIN, Ireland – SOTI, the world’s most trusted provider of mobile and IoT device management solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Lenovo as the first enterprise mobility management (EMM) technology leader to manage the innovative Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream virtual reality (VR) headset.
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October 3, 2018
TORONTO – Canada’s most prestigious early-stage neurotechnology entrepreneur awards were announced by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). The ONtrepreneurs program, the single largest funder of early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs in Canada, is investing in six early-stage ventures this year to help accelerate their path to commercialization through access to funding, resources, and mentorship.
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October 1, 2018
TORONTO – The Biomedical Zone– a unique partnership between Ryerson University and St. Michael’s Hospital – is Canada’s first physician-led, hospital-based health technology incubator, helping early-stage companies validate their solutions in a hospital setting. Read More
September 18, 2018
TORONTO – iGan Partners is seeking innovative medical device and healthcare IT companies with life altering technology to pitch their company at iGan Pitch Fest. One company will secure a $250,000 investment on October 25th 2018.
In addition to the $250,000, iGan will help the winner build a board of advisors to support and guide the company.
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September 18, 2018
VANCOUVER – Telus Health has partnered with Babylon, a London, UK-based company that has produced an AI symptom checker that works on the smartphones of consumers, to create a service that offers doctors and patients in Canada with access to virtual healthcare technology solutions and services. The system will also connect patients with clinicians using “virtual medical appointments.”
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September 5, 2018
TORONTO – From grocery self-checkouts to bank ATMs, touch screens are increasingly becoming an integral part of daily life and are seemingly user-friendly. However, touch screens require the user to see the text, buttons and pictures, making them inaccessible to the visually impaired population, which accounts for approximately half a million people in Canada.
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August 30, 2018
TORONTO – West Park Healthcare Centre, a 470-bed rehab and complex care facility, is working with a private-sector partner to develop an “intelligent vision” system that can immediately spot aggressive behaviour in patients by using autonomously monitored video camera feeds and machine learning. Read More
August 22, 2018
SAINT JOHN – New Brunswick has been identified by Surrey BC’s Health and Technology District as the location for the first phase of its Atlantic Canadian division. With this initiative, Saint John is poised to become the hub for digital health in Atlantic Canada.
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August 8, 2018
TORONTO – Real Time Medical is pleased to announce a new AI training, research and validation service to aid AI application development for healthcare. The service is part of a collaboration between MIIRCAM (Medical Imagining Informatics Research Centre at McMaster), Hamilton Health Sciences and Real Time Medical.
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August 8, 2018
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Medtronic of Canada Ltd. announced it has received a licence from Health Canada for its Intellis platform, which includes the world’s smallest implantable spinal cord stimulator (SCS) for the management of certain types of chronic intractable pain.
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that can negatively impact all aspects of a person’s life – relationships, work productivity and activities of daily living – yet it remains under-recognized and undertreated.
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