Month: April 2020

Healthcare security startup CyberMDX has raised $20 million in its latest round of fundraising, the company confirmed recently. The New York-based security company works primarily to secure medical devices and improve hospital network security through its cyber intelligence platform, which manages a hospital’s network-connected assets and devices and monitors threats in real-time. CyberMDX has become one of the more established cybersecurity startups in the medical space, despite being founded only four years ago. Its research arm has already identified a number…

An Emirati inventor has devised a compact machine that can enter buildings, climb stairs and trundle into homes to spray disinfectant. Ahmed Al Mazroei adapted the 'sterilization robot' from the machines that his company makes for military and security purposes. He said he hoped the devices could be used in the fight against the coronavirus. “The robot can be sent into buildings, hospitals, malls and villas where nobody can go because of coronavirus,” said Mr Al Mazroei, 39, who runs a company…

German medical technology manufacturer Dräger has launched a number of connected medical device solutions based on the latest industry-standard Service-oriented device connectivity (SDC). These solutions are positioned in the global healthcare industry, which are positioned to transform the landscape of patient care around the world. The company’s technologies based on SDC principles enable bi-directional communication between multiple medical devices, automating the transfer of medical data along with each point of patient treatment. Among Dräger’s recent IT solutions are the Clinical…

In line with the recently announced, ‘Stay Home’ campaign by the UAE, Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (MEHD) has introduced the additional appointment option of virtual consultation appointments for both new and existing patients, to complement their current face to face appointment offering. Launching on the 4th of April, Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai’s world class team of ophthalmologists will be available to provide virtual consultations from 10 am to 10 pm, Saturday through Thursday, to consult with patients remotely for certain…

Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., (“BardyDx”), a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, recently announced that its Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (“CAM™”) Patch has been chosen for use in protocols to measure QT Segments in COVID-19 patients who have been prescribed Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).  BardyDx’s CAM Patch will be utilized in newly established protocols at hospitals across the Seattle, Washington area to monitor cardiac rhythms for COVID-19 patients on HCQ after hospital discharge, as well as for outpatients.  HCQ has…