UK-India HealthTech Bootcamp 2024
Company profiles
1. Backyard Creators Private Limited
Backyard Creators has invented a patented non-surgical hearing device that provides a safe and highly affordable alternative to surgery for patients with congenital hearing loss.
The device “Impulse” has an ear-loop design and can be worn over the ear lobes which resembles a wearable music headphone. It is made of flexible silicon material and can be instantly removed, eliminating any restrictions on lifestyle.
The MVP hearing device is affordable and uses an innovative methodology by applying Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to stimulate the sensory neurons of the cochlea.
The product is at TRL6 - click here
2. Onward Assist
Onward Assist is a cancer analytics platform that assists pathologists in better cancer diagnosis. It offers a full stack of pathology AI solution that combines viewing, reporting software with AI algorithms which help pathologists complete slide reporting faster reducing the reporting process time by 30-40% and improving the accuracy by 12-15% around tumour grading, and cell quantifications.
Onward has partnered with Roche Africa for a project in West Africa. Other collaboration include partnered with Hamamatsu and a study at NHS Royal Preston Hospital to demonstrated the application of their algorithm in breast cancer slides.
They have filed for a patent and they are a TRL8 company.
3. Niramai Health Analytix
NIRAMAI enables early detection of breast cancer through an AI-based technique called Thermalytix.
Thermalytix is a non-invasive breast health screening test that employs innovative proprietary machine learning and deep learning algorithms to analyse temperature distribution on the chest, to automatically generate a quantitative report showing a breast health score and assist doctors in identifying abnormal breast lesions.
With the current standard mammography test, women sometime forego annual checkup due to physical discomfort from breast compression. Conversely Thermalytix is patient-friendly, as nobody sees or touches the woman during the test, it is radiation-free and affordable. It is also portable and can be best suited for rural camps.
Thermalytix has regulatory clearances such as US FDA and CE markig and has screened over 175000 women in India, Kenya, Turkey, Philippines, Zambia, Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria and the US.
4. YOSTRA LABS PRIVATE LIMITED
Diabetes can lead to several complications, one among which is Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy is the nerve damage in hands, arms and legs resulting in loss of sensation which can make the patient prone to diabetic foot ulcers, this when left untreated can lead to amputation.
Conventional Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy screening devices available in the market are bulky, not portable, expensive and need trained healthcare workers to operate the device.
NEURO TOUCH is a Point of Care, battery powered, multi-parameter diagnostic device for professional doctors to screen diabetic patients for symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy and using the smartphone-based NEURO TOUCH app, the data can be transferred to an online server which generates the screening test report. The test data is securely stored in an online server and can be retrieved by the physician at any point of time. NEURO TOUCH platform is currently available in 1000+ health care facilities across India. The product is FDA registered and they have received the CDSCO Manufacturing License in India.
5. Neodocs
Neodocs has developed an innovative rapid home test kits to track 17+ parameters with result available in just 25 minutes instead of 2-3 days. Neodocs has designed custom test cards containing highly specific biochemistries, which produce a visual output in the form of colour or intensity changes at the end of the reaction. The visual changes caused by the chemistry on the test card are then captured by a smartphone application.The test cards are commercially available with a urine test kits with which you can track 17+ parameters like UACR, Albumin, urine creatinine, Protein, glucose, ketone, blood, nitrite, leukocytes etc. They are also live with other test like Lh, Fsh, Ferritin, hemoglobin etc. and soon coming up with Vitamin D, HBa1c, Malaria, Dengue sickle cell anemia etc.
They are currently partnering with Pharma companies, Insurtech companies, doctors, hospitals, clinics, government etc. through which they plan to reach out to the end users.
6. RAMJA Genosensor Pvt.Ltd.
RAMJA GENOSENSOR offers smart, innovative paper-based device for the detection of microbial infection and antibiotic resistance. “PRATHAMASESNE”, the paper-based device which gives results of microbial infection and antibiotic resistance and helps physicians to immediately start the right antibiotic treatment for the patients. This is mainly useful for the immune compromised, cancer, sepsis, and other patients.
RAMJA is a ISO certified company with CDSCO approval for manufacturing of their kits and device. They have established their Manufacturing Unit at OKHLA (south Delhi)
RAMJA claims to be the world’s first company who is providing ultra-fast, rapid, easy, and cost-effective solution which is a novel paper-based device that can detect any infection and antimicrobial resistance in just 90 minutes. The device is gene specific, Ultra-fast, sturdy, Portable, economic, user-friendly and does not require any extra infra structure.
7. Epione Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Fix Health provides AI assisted- human supervised online physiotherapy services. Here is a short video visually explaining the offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4StOiRes6A
Fix Health innovatively addresses 5 critical challenges in physiotherapy access which include high wait times, financial Stress, workplace absenteeism, inaccessible for mobility-impaired individuals and the avoidable load on NHS.
For the UK they wish to explore the flowing:
1. Corporate Partnerships
2. Hospital & private practices partnerships
3. Private Health Insurance partnerships
4. Improve digital footprint & advertise digitally
8. Ai Health Highway india Private Limited
AiSteth is a smart stethoscope to screen, detect & predict Heart/Lung disorders using Ai/ML. It has got 3 key components:
Device – picks heart/lung sounds and converts them into visual wave patterns
Data – the heart/lung sounds are streamed via bluetooth to a companion smart phone app for visualization + record, store and share capabilities
Intelligence – ML algorithms run on top of the above two layers of device + data.
ECHO test for Valvular Heart Disorders takes 30-45 min and is done by a Cardiologist. AiSteth Murmur Analysis takes 30-90 seconds and it can be done by a nurse, allied healthcare worker and/or even a fresh MBBS doctor; saves travel time of 50-60% for rural population!
The product is launched in the India market, deployed & used by more than 235+ Doctors across 12 States in India and they have screened more than 31,000+ Patients in the past 12-15 months.
Filed Patent: - WO/2019/202385 - Pending Approval/ Entered National Phase in India, US and EU
9. Wide Need Private Limited
Peeschute is environment - friendly product which instantly solidifies human urine and turns it into odour free non liquid state to ensure high standards of hygiene.
Peeschute is an innovative and patented unisexual pocket toilet which can be used to urinate when attending the nature's call is difficult. It is specifically designed for bed ridden people having a unisex funnel which can be conveniently used by male/female in seating, standing or lying position. This modular urinal solidifies urine instantly to keep it leak proof, odorless and hygienic. It also has a digital urine monitoring system which can be embedded with a mobile application for remote monitoring.
The urine bag comprises of plant-based absorbents which solidify human urine instantly and keep it leak, proof and odorless. The modular urinal is available in multiple variants including handheld device, fixture funnel device and with or without digital urine monitoring system.
The company holds 3 patents for this innovation.
Product video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7tov_vgQtvRKfYksEJL9epVw6a5c7Wl/view?usp=sharing