Companies Archives - National Innovation Centre Ageing

Campus for Ageing and Vitality

Aims to establish the world’s premier centre for healthy ageing and living, becoming an international flagship and focal point for UK healthy ageing, science and innovation. Located on a 30-acre site owned by Newcastle University, the campus boasts co-location of scientific research with business facilities for research, product and service development, residential units for testing and evaluating new approaches to independent living, innovative care provision and skills development.

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Mind over Matter MedTech

Working to trial novel, low-cost and portable brain imaging technology. This aims to test patients’ personalised risk for developing dementia in a non-invasive manner, and at least a decade before any clinical symptoms would appear. This could help reduce the chance of a cycle of irreversible neuronal death.

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Red Star Consulting Ltd

Red Star Consulting are leading a Glasgow-based project applying machine learning to analyse clinical notes recorded in the electronic health record of diabetes patients. The machine learning models predict, based on patient’s clinical notes, the risk of different clinical endpoints such as heart attack or death and present this information to the clinician as a score or alert. Clinicians can use this to tailor consultations, identify high-risk patients, and target specific clinical outcomes.

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Opus VL

Opus VL has developed eObs, which allows clinicians to observe patients digitally through hand-held devices which can send an automatic alert to specialists or consultants if patients are identified as ‘at risk’. This can shorten length of stay, reduce transfers within hospitals, and reduce ICU referrals. The system also gives ward managers and bed managers a view of the workload across their area of responsibility, so that they can deploy the right people on the right ward, at the right time.

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Northstar Ventures – Ageing Innovation Accelerator Programme

The programme involves idea generation workshops, in-depth support with selected ideas and funding for commercialisation. Ventures can secure up to £12,500 investment from Northstar Ventures for each business involved with the potential for further follow on funding for the best performing companies. Run by the UK's National Innovation Centre for Ageing, in collaboration with the Innovation SuperNetwork, Northstar Ventures and Newcastle City Council (working with Aging2.0)

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DeepMind

DeepMind is the world leader in AI research and its application for positive impact. From using AI software to study how proteins fold to training machine learning systems to identify eye diseases, they are at the forefront of developing AI for the Healthcare sector. They were acquired by Google in 2014 and are now part of the Alphabet group. They continue to be based in London, with additional research centres in Canada, and a DeepMind Applied team in California.

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HC-One

The largest elderly care home provider which offers professional residential, nursing and specialist dementia care for older people. Owned by US-based Formation Capital, HC-One aims to be the first choice care home in each community.

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ReNeuron

ReNeuron are a leading, clinical-stage stem cell business whose main objective is the development of novel stem cell therapies. Its work includes stroke therapies.

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Red Ninja

A design-led technology company. They develop apps, sensor technology as well as delivering leading-edge research and development. ‘Safe Steps’ is a digital falls risk assessment tool created for the ageing population which creates standardized assessments and responses connected to fall-related injuries. ‘Helping Hand’ is an age-friendly app and easy-to-use, customised tablet interface which helps older people to feel better connected.

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Oomph!

The UK’s leading wellbeing business for older adults who aim to enhance mental, physical and emotional wellbeing in two key sectors: care home wellbeing and community wellbeing. They offer three key services: exercise classes, creative activities and days out.

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NYE Health

NYE is a health tech company with the aim of facilitating accessible health services for all. Its app enables you to book and consult with your GP and clinician from your own home.

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MySense

My Sense empowers people to live as independently as possible, ensuring that whatever their health, mobility or age, they live to their full potential. By using non-intrusive devices around the home, MySense develop a better understanding of an individual’s movements and habits, allowing a carer to monitor and respond to an individual’s needs.

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