Northern tech companies selected to launch their innovative products in the UK

Six innovative companies have been selected to develop their health technology products as part of an international pilot programme aiming to bring new solutions to UK patients.

The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) and Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA), supported by the UK Israel Tech Hub based in the British Embassy Tel Aviv, have partnered to bring cutting edge healthcare solutions to improve opportunities and outcomes for people in the North of England.

Six Israeli companies will receive funding from the IIA to run their first UK clinical trials or research and development (R&D) projects. The total funding awarded is £1.1m and includes three multi-site trials.

The project, the first of its kind in the UK, will see NHS Trusts in Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber, Hull and Leeds working together to assess and support the promising companies. The programme is also supported by the four Northern Academic Health Science Networks.

The UK Israel Health Tech Pilot and R&D programme launched a call for proposals in August 2022, asking Israeli SMEs to propose solutions to health challenges in the UK.
The companies and their technology are as follows:

Kemtai, working with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Kemtai is an Israeli start-up leveraging computer vision technologies to provide real-time feedback for Physiotherapy, MSK and rehab exercises.

Votis, working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Votis has developed PedCheck™, a revolutionary new tool to safely screen, stage, and monitor the diabetic foot. The tool measures changes in absorption and scattering of Near-Infra-Red wavelengths of light directed deep into the foot tissue.

PathKeeper, working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. PathKeeper has developed a real-time 3D navigation system that offers dynamic anatomical tracking for spine surgeries.

QLog, working with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. QLOG aims to help hospitals run better, reduce staff workload, and save money. Using a mobile app and Cloud technology, QLOG products provide digital transformation for healthcare, mostly replacing manual (pen & paper) reporting.

CogniShine working with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Cognishine is a start-up company providing advanced and personalised therapeutic intervention tools for health and education professionals. Cognishine’s unique software platform is built on cognition, communication, speech and social-emotional factors.

Neurotrigger, working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The NeuroTrigger solution is a wearable eyelid pacemaker, allowing those with full or partial facial paralysis to blink, preventing exposure keratoconjunctivitis.

Dr Ben Martyn, executive lead for investment and international partnerships, said: “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for our Trusts in the North, and the potential reach in terms of the number patients who can benefit from these technologies, is huge.

“This project has been several years in the making so it’s incredible satisfying to see it come to fruition. The participating companies have been selected through a rigorous two-step process, ensuring they meet a real need in the NHS and assessed by technology and business experts.”

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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