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SMALLEST BRAIN IMPLANT EVER HELPING THOSE LIVING WITH HYDROCEPHALUS
Article source: Finn Blackwell, RNZ A patient in a clinical brain implant trial says the world-first technology has reduced her anxiety...
Dec 3, 20241 min read
NEEDLE-FREE DRUG INFUSIONS ONE STEP CLOSER
Article source: University of Auckland Pioneers of needle-free drug delivery have discovered a combination of heat and friction could...
Nov 26, 20243 min read
MONITORING IN THE WILD
Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) senior research fellow Gonzalo Maso Talou refers to his work as developing “monitoring in the...
Nov 26, 20243 min read
GREEN IS "GO" FOR INTRAVENOUS ACCESS WITH CANNULIGHT
Auckland dentist Dr James Stone has developed a novel and simple device to help healthcare professionals who use intravenous sedation...
Nov 26, 20243 min read
SYMBIONIQ™ FOUNDATION — REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF HEALTH DATA OWNERSHIP
When Jean-Philippe Diel and his team at SymbionIQ™ Labs began rethinking health, fitness, and wellness through the lens of advanced...
Oct 29, 20241 min read
THE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CENTRE ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH
The Health Technology Centre in Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre opened one year ago to create a space for a cluster of health tech...
Oct 29, 20243 min read
SMART FOOTWEAR FOR DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS
Foot ulcers are a common health problem for diabetics but new bespoke sensing footwear has the potential to both detect and prevent...
Oct 29, 20243 min read
NEW APP OFFERS FREEDOM AND SECURITY FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Medication, remembering appointments or tasks, staying safe in the community and keeping in touch with family are common challenges with...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
THE SIMPLER THE BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVICE DEVELOPMENT
“A lot of tech-based products fail to add value and many people think there should be more tech or more fancy features: we believe that...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
A NEW ZEALAND FIRST: USING VR TO GIVE PREGNANT WOMEN A BETTER BIRTHING EXPERIENCE
Giving birth can involve pain, anxiety and fear for women, it can lengthen labour, putting both women and baby under more stress, and...
Aug 28, 20242 min read
USING FEEDBACK AND AI TO IMPROVE MĀORI PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
The National Hauora Coalition is a Māori-led primary health care and social services provider. The NHC evidently does things differently...
Aug 28, 20243 min read
TO MAKE A PORTABLE MRI, YOU START SMALL
Looking at the Axana portable MRI for head/stroke patients, you might ask why no one has thought of this before. There have been...
Aug 6, 20241 min read
RAP STAGE II FUNDING OCTOBER ROUND NOW OPEN
Applications are now invited for the next Research Acceleration Programme (RAP) Stage II RfP round (October 2024). The current...
Jul 26, 20241 min read
NZ HEALTH TECH TRANSFORMS GLOBAL HEALTHCARE
New Zealand is no stranger to health tech innovation – from co-discovering the molecular structure of DNA to inventing the disposable...
Jul 16, 20242 min read
IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY FOR PEOPLE OF LARGER SIZE
People living with obesity (PlwO) face many challenges, not the least of which is equity in health services. Researchers Caz Hales and...
Jul 16, 20243 min read
THE VISION OF SIR PETER HUNTER
Sir Peter Hunter, founder of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, makes the work sound easy: “We use physics and maths to try to...
Jul 9, 20241 min read
FUNDING LIFELINE THROWN TO TWO SUCCESSFUL HEALTHTECH INITIATIVES
Article source: Fiona Rotherham, NBR The government has found money in its tightly-held coffers for on-going funding for two initiatives...
Jul 9, 20242 min read
NZ'S MEDTECH TRANSLATOR: BRIDGING RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION
Article source: GFCC New Zealand's MedTech Translator In 2012, Distinguished Professor Sir Peter Hunter and Dr. Diana Siew (pictured...
Jul 8, 20241 min read
AFTER WORLD-FIRST BRAIN IMPLANT, KITEA HEALTH RAISING $20M
In a world-first, start-up Kitea Health has successfully implanted a chip under an Auckland patient’s skull that will monitor fluid...
Jul 8, 20241 min read
NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD SAVE LIVES AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HEALTHCARE COSTS
Researchers from the University of Canterbury have developed technology that could get ICU patients off ventilators faster, saving lives,...
Jul 5, 20241 min read
NAVIGATING NZ'S MEDTECH START-UP SCENE
It’s an inspiring time for New Zealand’s MedTech industry both at home and on the global stage. In both 2021 and 2022, MedTech was the...
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