Israel Active

The Israel Medical Association has launched a database (in Hebrew) of Israeli public and private doctors.  Currently containing 1500 doctors (and growing) one can search by name, specialty and subspecialty, location, gender, professional status, languages they speak and age group that they treat.

Dr. Ronald Lehman is first in NYC to perform PROlat(TM) spinal surgery using technology from Israel’s Mazor Robotics.  He praised the time saved (one hour), the absence of having to flip over the patient and the reduced radiation that the patient and operating staff were exposed to.  In addition, Mazor’s platform has now been approved by the medical authorities in (South) Korea.

Israeli startup BlueWind Medical has won a CE mark for its miniature neuro-stimulation device to treat overactive bladder.  The OAB-1000 system is wireless, has no battery, is 90% smaller than existing devices and is minimally invasive, being implanted in the leg.

Israel’s Amit Goffer invented the ReWalk for paraplegics, but as a quadriplegic he couldn’t use it. So he invented UPnRIDE which allows wheelchair-bound quadriplegics to get vertical.  Watch Amit use the latest version of UPnRIDE.

Israeli startup MDAlgorithms has built MDacne - the world’s first app to provide mobile acne analysis with customized treatment plans.  Users complete a questionnaire and take a selfie. An algorithm then processes the data and offers food and hygiene tips and recommended medications.

Israeli startup MedyMatch is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) platform using proprietary algorithms to process CT image data in the Cloud.  Fast analysis of data will help physicians make accurate critical clinical decisions – e.g. with stroke diagnosis.

4-year-old Sanusey was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The surgery needed to repair his heart is not available in Gambia. Sanusey is now recovering from open heart surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel. He is the 4,000th child saved by Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart organization.  Other children currently being treated include five from Iraq and Zead from Gaza. ?

I reported on Israel’s Nano Textile previously when it announced its antibacterial Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano-coating for bed linen and clothing to prevent hospital infections.  Nano Textile has now announced that it can make any fabric (natural or synthetic) antibacterial.

Israel’s NovellusDx monitors the effect of cancer therapies on a patient’s genetic mutations.  NovellusDx reports to the oncologist on the contribution of the driver mutations to the activation of the signaling pathways.  NovellusDx has just received $2.5 million funds from the VC Orbimed.

Israeli Marni Mandell launched the startup CareHood to provide patients and care-givers with a website where they can learn what has helped other people in similar situations. They can then build a care package of services, gifts, tasks and errands that their friends and family can assist with.