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Christchurch health-tech innovators unite as industry gains momentum

Medical technology could be the next boom industry for Christchurch, with a number of health tech inventors coming from the

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NZ company oDocs awarded US$ 100,000 Dubai World Expo grant

Dunedin ophthalmology company ODocs Eye Care is the only New Zealand business to win the Dubai World Expo 2020 innovation

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New oDocs app hits Apple store

Apple has approved the new oDocs Montage app created by Dr Sheng Chiong Hong and his innovative team, which doubles

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Vensa Health brings well-being closer to home

Award-winning health solutions company Vensa Health has launched its vision for sustainable healthcare access. The launch, which took place at the Health

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Students at Ara will be able to virtually deliver babies from next year

New technology will allow Canterbury students to deliver a baby without stepping foot inside a hospital.  The virtual reality (VR) birthing

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Virtual Multidisciplinary Foot Ulcer Clinic rolled out for Kimberley people

The high rates of lower limb amputations across the Kimberley are alarming. But in some instances may be prevented by

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Your DNA can reveal which medications and dosages will work for you

Medication is like coffee: it won’t have the same effect on everyone. A cheek-swab DNA test is helping Kiwi doctors personalise medication,

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Aroa Biosurgery grows into additional markets

Aroa Biosurgery, the Auckland-based privately held tissue-regeneration company, has this week presented positive outcomes of a new clinical study in

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Building portable actuators and motors to solve medical problems

Biomedical engineer Andrew Taberner likes to “take risks, try crazy things, yet design and build systems and devices that are

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A better way to lift elderly patients

Moving patients between sitting positions is slow, cumbersome and expensive, and are responsible for up to four injuries every day

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Moving from acquired knowledge to new knowledge

Dr Debbie Munro came to her current career in orthopaedics and biomechanics at the University of Canterbury’s (UC) via some

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Break-through bowel cancer medical device company raises $4.3m

A medical device company whose products help speed up the recovery from bowel cancer surgery has raised $4.3 million through

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OssAbility

Seamus Tredinnick describes OssAbility as providing implants, surgical instruments and the thinking beyond them. But, he’s not talking about people;

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Commercialisation of knowledge to benefit society

Professor Anthony Butler is a founder of MARS Bioimaging Ltd, a New Zealand manufacturer of spectral CT scanners (colour x-ray

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Making implants simpler

We’re not too far away from the day when your new customised hip joint will arrive in a briefcase. There

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Implant-related infection and tendon healing challenges in orthopaedics

We’re living longer and staying more active later in life, but that’s creating new challenges for surgeons, says orthopaedic registrar

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Relearning yourself after a traumatic brain injury

A few years ago, we’d have laughed at the idea that being a virtual archer with a bow-and- arrow could

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Using games to create rehab tools

Marcus King works at the interface of machines and people on projects ranging from wearables to training aids. Marcus is

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