Fully autonomous surgical robot successfully performs complex laparoscopic procedure

For the first time in the field a self directed and fully autonomous surgical robot has performed a laparoscopic surgery without the guiding hands of a human. The surgery was carried out by researchers at John Hopkins University and their STAR robotic system, which stands for Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot. This groundbreaking procedure moves the […]

Aifred Health: Digital Health Company Spotlight

The Montréal digital health ecosystem is experiencing explosive growth in value creation, innovation and success. This edition of the BML Digital Health Company Spotlight features one of our favourite Montréal medical technology startups that we believe has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of mental health conditions, starting with depression. The company in question is […]

Digital Health Company Spotlight: Ditch Labs

BML Technology is privileged to work backstage with some of the most exciting and innovative companies in the Montréal digital health ecosystem and beyond. We strive to help these firms, many of them startups, navigate complex regulatory environments and manage the stakeholder interactions necessary to get their digital health solutions to market. In these activities […]

Congratulations to Montreal’s Aifred Health on finishing 2nd in the IBM Watson AI XPrize competition and winning the $1 Million Prize

Huge congratulations go out to Aifred Health Co-Founders David Benrimoh MD, Kelly Perlman, Sonia Israel, Robert Fratila as well as CEO Marina Massingham and the whole team at Aifred Health on winning the $1 Million Second Place prize in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition! The prestigious $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE challenged teams to […]

Congratulations to the team at Ditch Labs on completing a $1.3 Million Seed Round to Solve Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco use

Congratulations go out to Laurent Laferrière, Olivier Bourbonnais, Christelle Luce and the whole team at Montreal based startup Ditch Labs on the closing of a $1.3 Million Seed investment round. The capital injection will allow the company to pursue preclinical studies, advance its global regulatory plan and further product and algorithm development. Founded in 2019 Ditch […]

Google’s new Dermatology Assist Tool is Using AI to help find answers to common skin conditions

At its recent I|O Developer conference Google announced the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence powered Dermatology Assistant Tool to help individuals find answers to questions relating to issues with their skin, hair and nails through a simple web based application. Consistent with the belief that AI has the potential to assist clinicians in caring […]