Innovation

KELOWNA, BC – BC Cancer Kelowna recently purchased a Varian Ethos Radiation Treatment machine, a new piece of equipment that will help patients more effectively fight cancer. It’s said to be the first machine of its kind in Canada. Read More

LAS VEGAS – Researchers at Toronto-based NuraLogix, a global leader in Health Tech AI, announced that they have achieved the ‘Holy Grail’ of contactless blood pressure (BP) measurement using the company’s Anura app. NuraLogix is the creator of the world’s first contactless blood pressure measurement technology. Read More

QUÉBEC CITY – The government of Canada announced an investment of $47 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund to support MEDTEQ+’s $154 million envisAGE Network, established with network co-lead AGE-WELL – a national network that develops technology and services for healthy aging. Read More

EDMONTON – After seeing some success alleviating children’s pain using a basic robot during procedures, the Stollery Children’s Hospital is working toward a more advanced, responsive version to better help their young patients manage pain. Read More

OTTAWA – The Ontario government is funding the implementation of a software system across hospitals in Eastern Ontario that will help reduce surgical backlogs in the region. This first-in-Ontario surgical waitlist HUB (Centralized Regional Surgical Wait List Management HUB), built by Novari Health, consolidates patients waiting for surgery into a real-time regional wait-list system using interactive mapping and analytics tools. Read More

CALGARY – The goal of developing more accessible technology in healthcare has united two University of Calgary faculties toward achieving a common objective. Dr. Linda Duffett-Leger (pictured on left), an associate professor in the Faculty of Nursing, is collaborating with Dr. Mohammad Moshirpour (pictured on right), an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, on new healthcare solutions. Read More

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