NEWS AND EVENTS
The latest company announcements and media coverage from around the world
MobileODT introduces advanced EVA 3 Plus mobile colposcope
The most powerful EVA colposcope yet, with even better imaging capabilities April 17th, 2018, Tel Aviv-- MobileODT will be launching its advanced EVA 3 Plus mobile colposcope, a key component of the EVA System for cervical cancer screenings and sexual assault...
Meet three startups empowering women in the developing world through mobile solutions
THEBUSINESSWOMANMEDIA.COM Half the world’s population is disproportionately at risk across the developing world. In poor communities, many women still struggle every day just to access clean water, sufficient nutrition, adequate healthcare and financial security,...
MobileODT Technology Improves Cervical Cancer Detection Rates – Study in India
Cervical cancer contributes to approximately 6-29% of all cancers in Indian women. India accounts for one-quarter of cervical cancer globally. 17% of all cancer deaths amongst women in India aged 30-69 are due to cervical cancer. EVA System visualization technology...
A Partnership For Cervical Cancer Prevention in Northern Mexico
In 2014, the International Community Foundation (ICF), Scripps Health, and Prosalud piloted a cervical cancer screening program across Mexico. The aim of the program was to validate new technologies and ensure the 48.4 million women at risk for developing cervical...
MobileODT announces completion of Intel’s Kaggle competition to bring AI to cervical cancer screening
(August 2, 2017) Today, MobileODT announced the completion of the Intel & MobileODT Cervical Cancer Screening Kaggle Competition to develop a winning algorithm that will be used with the EVA (Enhanced Visual Assessment) System. The competition brought together over...
MobileODT Secures Series B Funding led by OrbiMed
Today, MobileODT announced it has raised an additional $6.825 million in a Series B fundraising round led by OrbiMed Advisors - a leading healthcare venture fund. Previous investors Tristel plc. also participated in the round. MobileODT has raised over $13 million to...
New Mobile Colposcope Outshining Standard
(June 12, 2017) Today, MobileODT announced the launch of its third generation mobile colposcope, the FDA-cleared EVA System. This improved device is 12% lighter, boasts improved lighting, and expands the user’s network and support system by serving as a secure...
TechEmerge, a World Bank Initiative, pairs the EVA System with Leading Healthcare Provider in India – Apollo Hospitals
MobileODT is proud to announce its partnership with Apollo Hospitals -India’s leading healthcare provider and International Oncology– a specialty chain of cancer therapy centers, to apply MobileODT’s Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System to increase access to...
The EVA System is now FDA-cleared!
We have some exciting news to share: as of December 19, 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared our EVA (Enhanced Visual Assessment) System for marketing and sale in the United States! The tragedy of cervical cancer - strongly addressed in major urban areas...
MobileODT, Intel and Kaggle Launch Data Science Challenge Focused on Cervical Cancer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [San Francisco, November 17, 2016]- MobileODT, a connected health company enabling health providers around the world to diagnose and address disease using its Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System, is collaborating with Intel and Kaggle to...
Innovations in Africa and Developing Countries at the UN General Assembly
We are excited to share with you that last week, at the UN General Assembly in New York, our CEO Ariel Beery had the privilege of presenting the EVA System in front of more than eighteen presidents, prime ministers, and foreign ministers from Africa and developing...
New Deployment of EVA System in Ghana with Rotary Club of Accra East
The EVA system can travel by car, plane, train...and now by boat! Recently, the Rotary Club of Accra East, led by Rotary President Ms. Gertrude Adzo Akpalu, delivered their donation of two EVA (Enhanced Visual Assessment) System mobile colposcopes to the Gynecology...
The daily beast: A Cervical Selfie Might Save Your Life
By Shoshana Kordova When is a selfie not narcissistic? When it’s used to detect one of the leading causes of death in the developing world. It turns out that cellphone photos are one of the best ways possible to effect early diagnosis. Taking shots of your junk with...
Business Daily (Kenya): Firm develops mobile cancer screening device
By Verah Okeyo One of the main hindrances in the fight against cancer in the country is the fact that many patients do not have access to early testing facilities and only know they are sick in the late stages of the disease. For cervical cancer screening in...
SXSW Start-up Snapshot: Detecting cancer with your smartphone
By J.D. Harrison We’re live in Austin this week, and every day, we’ll introduce you to one of the most outside-the-box finalists in the SXSW Accelerator Competition – the premier start-up showcase at the annual South by Southwest festival. Who: MobileODT Co-founders...