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Among the more than 3,500 booths at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, only a few exclusively address women’s health, including a cervical cancer screening device and a bracelet for anticipate hot flashes.
Facilitating cervical cancer screening
On the menu for the 2024 edition is the South Korean company Aidot, which came to present the Cerviray AI which allows remote screening for uterine cancer with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is the fourth most common cancer among women. It specifies that around 570,000 new cases of this disease and around 311,000 deaths were recorded worldwide in 2018.
However, it is one of the easiest forms of cancer to prevent and treat if it is detected early enough and treated effectively, she specifies.
But if the diagnosis is too late, the outcome is most often fatal. Aidot wants to increase screenings around the world thanks to its device which is based on a technique called “IVA” – for visual inspection with acetic acid – described as “simpler, faster and cheaper” than the usual cytological examinations, such as the smear.
It is “a visual test carried out by a specialist, with the naked eye“, explains the company, emphasizing that the result is immediate while cytological tests require laboratory analyzes taking several days, even several weeks.
The Cerviray AI, developed in collaboration with gynecologists and the South Korean Anam and Bundang hospitals, also offers the possibility of telemedicine.
This solution could be adapted to developing countries where medical infrastructures are often deficient.
Refreshing mattress against hot flashes
“I’ve seen a little more (things) for the health of babies and women” in recent years at CES “but 70% of what you see targets men,” Carolina Milanesi, from Creative Strategies firm.
This should change soon: “Women’s digital health industry expected to be worth $1.2 trillion by 2027“, Jessica Boothe, director of marketing research at CTA, the organizer of CES, told the press on Sunday.
According to her, “this sector is ripe for the tech industry“. For the moment, American society Amira Health is one of the pioneers. She focuses on menopause, a period in women’s lives which sometimes causes significant discomfort such as hot flashes.
The founding team designed the Terra system which “predicts and prevents hot flashes” during the night, allowing women to not be awakened up to several times per night.
Terra works with a bracelet equipped with sensors. The biometric data is analyzed by artificial intelligence software which establishes the body’s natural rhythms and which manages to anticipate the occurrence of hot flashes.
The night, “in the seconds following detection (…), a mattress topper with cooling effects is activated and lowers the temperature“of several degrees”almost instantly“, explains Amira Health, specifying that these sometimes very frequent and pronounced episodes become fewer and shorter.
The device should be marketed from March, for $525.
A connected ring powered by artificial intelligence
The Evie ring, from the company Movano Healthalso aims to ensure daily well-being by making it possible to establish, thanks once again to AI, the biological conditions in which the quality of life is the best and then to help its owner to reproduce them as much as possible.
It does not form a complete ring “to allow the finger to swell during menstruation for example“, explains Tyla Bucher, marketing manager, to AFP.
Through an app, it’s possible to track data on sleep, activity time, calories burned, mood, etc., she adds, elements that allow the AI to determine the good combination to be at your best.
Evie, waterproof to a depth of one meter, comes in three finishes and sizes (5 to 11) and costs $269. No subscription is necessary.