Prenaital ApS has filed a patent for technology that may identify risks of spontaneous pre-term birth. Spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is usually defined as birth occurring before 37 weeks of gestation. The invention relates to a method for predicting potential preterm birth from medical scan data, which may be used in practice by medical professionals for risk analysis and prognosis of potential pathologies.
Microsurgery is performed to connect small human vessels, but the technical difficulty required to conduct this type of surgery is quite specialized and limits the number of surgeons who can perform microsurgery.
Investors continue to pour capital into AI-driven health care technologies, from drug discovery and diagnostics to personalized medicine and clinical decision-support tools. However, there remain issues with the quality and reliability of the data underpinning these systems, as well as the viability of their business model.