Med-tech firm EnMovi has selected Glasgow as the location to advance its development of cutting-edge orthopaedic sensors and data analytics after receiving a £2.5m research and development (R&D) grant from Scottish Enterprise. The newly-established company is the latest venture from US-based parent company OrthoSensor Inc. and will focus on developing data analytics, machine learning and mobile applications to support its wearable orthopaedic sensor devices as...
University of Dundee researchers have received funding that could help re-define the way blood flow is monitored during keyhole surgery. Dr Colin Murdoch, from the University’s School of Medicine, and Dr Nikola Krstajic, from its School of Science and Engineering, have been awarded £130,000 by Innovate UK and EPSRC for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Moor Instruments Ltd to develop a new device capable of...
AorTech International plc (AIM: AOR.L), the licensor of the world’s leading long-term implantable biostable polymer (Elast-EonTM) and developer of medical devices utilising the key properties of Elast-EonTM, is pleased to update on the progress of the design for manufacture process for its polymeric heart valve. In its interim results announced on 29 November 2019, the Company stated that it was continuing to make good progress on both...
Researchers have found a better way to test for kidney disease using a simple blood test that is affordable and although it is available in NHS laboratories is not yet widely used. In a study, led by the University of Glasgow, researchers have highlighted that a simple blood test – which could easily be adopted routinely in the NHS – is a better way of...
Chromacity is delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Stevens as Non-Executive Chairman. Stevens is an experienced technology industry executive, holding CEO positions at Scottish businesses Touch Bionics, Mpathy Medical and BioFilm. Mpathy was sold to Danish surgical medical device manufacturer Coloplast in 2010 and Touch Bionics was sold to Icelandic orthotic and prosthetic manufacturer Össur in 2016. Previously he spent 9 years at Optos plc, initially as CFO and...
Data scientists at the University of Aberdeen have been chosen to participate in a landmark project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support fracture diagnosis in hospitals. The project, led by Opportunity North East (ONE) and the Scottish Government, will see up to £240,000 invested in innovative data technology. The University’s Department of Computing Sciences was among five organisations selected from a field of...