In the past two years, VR seems to usher in a big explosion. We also see this emerging technology being used in various industries. With the commercialization of "VR +" solutions for VR + spray on the outlet, many emerging startups have emerged at home and abroad. In addition to VR games, VR movies and other fields, the application of VR in the medical field is also attracting attention. The Goldman Sachs forecast report shows that by 2025, the VR market size will reach 80 billion U.S. dollars, of which the medical and health sector will account for 5.1 billion U.S. dollars and the number of users will be about 3.2 million.
From the application perspective, VR+ medical is currently used in clinical surgery, medical education, telemedicine, psychological rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation training, pain control, and personalized fitness. It not only helps doctors learn to use medical devices and medical equipment at a lower cost. Knowledge also relieves pain and helps patients recover.
In terms of company size, most of the current VR medical teams are start-up teams. In terms of investment and financing, most of them are angels or more junior stages, but some VR medical companies also show strong ability to attract gold. Among them, the Swiss start-up company MindMaze completed a financing of US$108.5 million in 2012, and many VR teams have successively obtained millions of investment.
Compared with domestic and foreign countries, Europe and the United States have taken the lead in VR medical development in China. This is due to the fact that western countries have a hard demand for virtual reality technology in the medical field and have begun to explore VR/AR/MR+ medical care very early. However, due to technical limitations in China, VR medical development is still at a relatively early stage. Specifically, on the one hand, there are large differences in the number of VR medical teams at home and abroad. In this count, the foreign VR medical team that the author has searched has more than ten, and there are only a few domestic companies. On the other hand, foreign VR medical companies have made great progress in medical education, clinical application, and psychological rehabilitation. Many domestic companies focus on VR medical training. However, with the gradual maturity of virtual reality technology, domestic universities, hospitals and enterprises are also actively promoting the development of VR + medical field, and have also made certain breakthroughs.
VR+ medical care looks good and can bring convenience to medical care, but the combination of virtual reality technology and the medical field will encounter problems such as immature hardware platforms, inaccurate algorithms, and inaccurate interactions. At the same time, because some patients and doctors do not fully understand VR, VR medical products often encounter a wall in the application promotion phase. The VR medical field has a promising future and needs the joint efforts of the market, technology, capital, and medicine.
Overseas 1. Seattle startup Firsthand Technology Firsthand Technology, a Seattle start-up company founded in 1995, is committed to becoming a leader in VR treatment in the healthcare field. Their focus is on pain management. The company helped establish the field of VR pain control and developed the first VR analgesic application "SnowWorld". This application is mainly designed for the recovery of burn patients. Patients will be able to explore a world of snowmen and temporarily forget about burn pain. The company is divesting a VR analgesic technology company called DeepStream VR to operate as an independent start-up company.
2. American company Virtual Reality Medical CenterResearch has been ongoing since 2001 and it is not yet clear what the company's investor information is. However, it has launched clinically certified products, including "Airport and Flight VR", "Fear of Heights VR" and "Virtual Reality Pain Distraction" and so on.
3. Illinois start-up company ImmersiveTouchImmersiveTouch has appeared in public view since 2005 and has already obtained an undisclosed amount of financing. A special set of software has been developed to allow surgeons to rewrite surgery in the virtual world.
4. Swiss company VirtaMedFounded in 2007, it develops and produces extremely realistic surgical simulations for medical training.
5. Israeli company Surgical TheaterThe Surgical Theater was founded in 2010 and was founded by Moty Avisar and Alon Geri. In April 2015, Chuangrui Fund invested in the Surgical Theater. In October 2015, HTC Vive received another US$9.63 million investment. The Surgical Theater developed a special VR application platform, the Surgery Rehearsal Platform, for preoperative planning and exercises of neurosurgery.
6. American startup Regroup TherapyFounded in 2011, it has completed US$8.4 million in financing. Regroup Therapy is developing a dedicated platform for mental health professionals and patients to meet virtually in a variety of situations. The start-up company hopes to solve the shortage of medical resources in the United States and provide psychiatrists and therapists virtual workers for patients across the United States.
7. Swiss startup MindMazeSwiss start-up company MindMaze, founded in 2012, has completed a financing of 108.5 million US dollars. The VR program they developed allows patients to think that the embarrassing part is still operating. This program has achieved great success in European hospitals. In June 2017, MindMaze acquired another Swiss startup, Gait Up, a motion analysis developer for smart watches and other hardware. MindMaze said that they will use the movement analysis technology of Gait UP to transmit all dynamic ranges of human motion to the virtual world, and will be able to achieve more comprehensive and accurate VR treatments. On September 25, 2017, “Little Plum†Leonardo DiCaprio also announced that he invested in MindMaze and joined the company’s board of directors.
8. American startup Applied VRFounded in 2015, it has completed an undisclosed amount of financing and they are working to provide patients with ways to escape fear and painful experiences.
9.Vicarious Surgical, a start-up company in Massachusetts, USAFounded in 2015, it has a financing of US$3.2 million. They are mainly developing virtual reality software for minimally invasive surgery, but have not disclosed their specific projects.
10. French startup RevinaxFounded in 2015, it acquired another start-up company, Surgevry. Currently working with some famous big brands, including Stryker and Boston Scientific.
11. Boston, USA Osso VRFounded in 2016, it has just completed a seed round of $2 million in financing and is developing a "VR surgical simulation platform that integrates advanced hand tracking."
12. Spanish startup PsiousPsious has completed an undisclosed amount of financing, and they hope to develop a virtual reality-based exposure therapy tool to help therapists create a safe and realistic exposed therapy treatment environment, mainly applied in the psychological field to help treat phobias and psychological Diseases and so on. Psious's software allows the therapist to monitor patients in real time and adjust the experience as needed to ensure optimal treatment conditions and treatment outcomes.
13. London's start-up company Touch SurgeryA $1 million investment has been made and software developed to allow patients and patients to see 50 different casing operations. Now they are developing a real-time engine called Touch Surgery 3D that supports virtual surgery on VR platforms such as Oculus.
14. Vivid Vision, a San Francisco startupThe company has received nearly 3 million U.S. dollars in investment, and 88 clinics around the world have already used the VR eye problem treatment they developed. Vivid Vision's system is designed for amblyopia, strabismus, and eye condylar dysfunction, and supports mainstream head ensembles such as Rift for use in clinics or home treatments.
Domestic 1. Medical MicrophoneFormerly known as the Crystal Stone Medical Business Division, Medical Micro-Communications began its digital medical media business in 2009. It was officially established in 2013. Based on the nine models of the human body previously established, it began to flex its muscles in VR medical training and education. In the medical micro-communications team, 75%-80% of the members are engaged in digital media production and development-related work, and 20%-25% of the members are medical background. In March 2016, Medical Microelectronics obtained a million-dollar angel round of financing, and the investor was about Indian Venture Capital.
In 2015, Medical Microphone began researching and developing Surgeek, a surgical medical education service platform that integrates virtual reality with 3D simulation. The Lancet VR Venture Project was released and won the "Best Education Application" award for the HTC VIVE Competition.
2. Beijing Touch Magic Technology Co., Ltd.Beijing Touch Magic Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to VR precision visualization technology, researching, producing and training related services in medical, teaching, scientific research and other fields. The company currently consists of the Beijing headquarters, the Shanghai R&D Center, and the Zhengzhou National Operations Center.
At present, the company's CHVR-I medical image VR display system has been in deep cooperation with more than 30 domestic well-known top-three hospitals including the People's Liberation Army 306 Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, and has accumulated a large number of case data. Realized accurate medical care under big data.
3. Shanghai Leading Digital Technology Co., Ltd.The lead date was established in May 2016. It is a high-tech company engaged in digital technology research and development and application. It is committed to providing digital integrated solutions for the medical industry, digital display technology and big data technology through virtual reality interactive technology, and medical education. , clinical applications, data aggregation.
In August 2016, we cooperated with Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital and other medical institutions to establish the "Virtual Reality Imaging Assisted Medical System" in December 2016 together with Shanghai Second Military Medical University, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai International Children's Medical Center, and many others. Home medical institutions develop virtual reality medical projects.
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