Local tech entrepreneurs believe digital technology
will revolutionize health care in the next decade — and they’re be sharing
those insights with Vancouver’s startup community today.
“I think it will revolutionize the way we will see
the human body, the information that will come from technology that will be
developed in the next five to 10 years will definitely give us a full 24/7 view
of the human body that will provide us with the information that will change
the way we treat health,” said Vitalsines CEO Sarah Goodman, who will be
showcasing her company’s new iHeart product at the event.
The discussion is part of Vancouver Startup Week and
features a local startups developing digital health products and services.
“We have the ability to derive information from just
a tiny fingertip sensor, or a light on the skin, to figure out different stress
signals and things like that,” said Goodman. “And those are devices and
technologies that will be available to everyone and it’s only going to get
cheaper over time and more available which is really cool and exciting.”
One example is Vitalsines’ new product, which
Goodman says can take a measurement of aortic stress in 30 seconds from a
fingertip sensor that sends the information to an iPhone app. She said that
before this product, it required a $25,000 machine, skilled technicians, and
“all these crazy sensors on your body” to get the same information.
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