Invent: Health

Over the course of this season, one thing has kept coming up across all the episodes - the power of big data in health tech. From its uses in the current AI revolution, to universal health records and even in new sustainable practices, the way in which huge data sets are allowing health practitioners to create new products and services is as fascinating as it is exciting. So in thi

Speed is not normally something you would associate with the highly regulated world of health tech. “Rapid” time frames tend to be in the space of 3-5 years. But the Covid panic changed this - the war footing it caused brought times down enormously. It’s something that TTP played a hand in as well with Covent, TTP’s rapid manufacture ventilator for COVID-19 patients. So wha

There’s a multitude of ways to treat Cardiac issues, and it’s about more than just health tech. While technologies that intervene after a cardiac event has taken place are coming on leaps and bounds - from ablation catheters to pacemakers - preventative measures are seen by many as the way forward. Whether it is improved sensing technologies, the rise of telehealth, or even pro

Trust in healthcare is one of the highest for any industry, but it’s a different story for the technology sector. People will inherently trust their doctor, but social media, or medical advice from the internet? Much less so. But as healthcare and technology become ever more entwined, how do those designing healthcare’s digital products ensure those using them will trust them?

Medical imaging technologies have long been dominated by big, expensive machines that take up their own room within hospitals. The level of detail they can give is extensive and vital, and they are now even developing new fusion technologies that can combine nuclear, ultrasound, and MRI technologies together. But there is a new range of technologies coming into the market which are

Sustainability is a word now ubiquitous in healthcare. But too often it is thought about with a short-sighted lens, promoting potentially superficial changes in micro areas over innovations that would reduce healthcare’s carbon footprint on a macro level. So how can we solve this? What could a new paradigm for discussing sustainability in healthcare look like?In this episode of I

Neurological disorders have a really significant patient burden, with some estimates suggesting the impact as many as 1 billion people across the globe. But simultaneously, these are diseases which are both challenging to treat and still remain relatively poorly understood.Snapshots of the brain have been available through imaging technologies for a while, but coming up with device

In this first episode of Invent:Health Season 2, Matt Parker speaks to Chris Dawson, Head of Biosensing at TTP, and Dr. Andrew Chapman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Carbometrics, to explore how patients can be taken out of this monitoring-delivery loop and what technologies are out there that can automate the process entirely. This Week's GuestsChris Dawson - Dr. Chris Dawson is a mechan

Today we launching the trailer for the Invent Health podcast. Each week we're going to be joined by the top scientists, engineers, and academics working to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the world of health tech.

Doing what’s good for you should seem like second nature, so why is it that we as humans so often don’t do things which we know will be effective when it comes to our own health and wellbeing? From difficulties in quitting smoking to the 25% of prescriptions in the UK that are left unfilled, medical non-adherence has profound effects on the health of a population, and it’s al