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Micron is contributing to healthcare as a whole by approaching it from both diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.
We adopt, introduce, and propose image analysis technologies with advanced technology, such as those equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).
We act as a bridge between companies that want to introduce innovative software as medical device (SaMD) and companies which are interested in them.
Micron serves as a bridge which links both diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives. Micron acts as a bridge between companies that want to introduce innovative software as medical device (SaMD) and pharmaceutical companies and academia or KOLs.
Partners
Seeds – The introduction of diagnostic technologies (those under consideration for introduction in Japan)
Introducing new and unique diagnostic technologies. We assist in matching interested pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers with companies which have these technologies.
| Disease Area | Diagnostic Technology | Note | Information updated on: |
| Osteoporosis, bone mineral density (BMD) |
AI-assisted screening software for bone mineral density (BMD) abnormality using chest X-ray images
Predicts the BMD from chest X-ray images, calculates the T-score from the BMD, and automatically outputs a recommendation on BMD abnormalities with nearly 90% accuracy. |
15-Apr-24 | |
| Eye disease, ophthalmology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) |
AI-assisted screening software for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using fundus image.
Identify high-risk AMD patients (level 3 or above) by providing referral recommendations and the screening accuracy is 95%. |
15-Apr-24 | |
| – Metabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) – Liver-related disorders such as alcoholic Liver disease, viral hepatitis, Liver related toxicity, and hepatocellular carcinoma |
MRI image automatic quantitative evaluation tool (liver iron, heart iron, liver fat, organ volume)
These tools quantitatively evaluate iron, fat, and/or organ volume from MRI images of the liver, heart, etc. |
14-Mar-24 | |
| Lung nodules, coronary artery calcifications, and bone density abnormalities |
DeepLung is an all-in-one AI diagnostic support system that can screen the lungs, heart, and spine in a single exam. With AI assistance, DeepLung can rapidly preview low-dose CT images and identify lung nodules, coronary artery calcifications, and bone density abnormalities—medical conditions that are often found among the middle-aged and older population.
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18-Jan-24 | |
| Asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in children and the elderly |
Spacers that aid correct inhalation
technique by providing real-time
visual feedback to improve the
availability of medications (pMDIs)
administered to asthma and COPD
patients.
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12-Jan-24 | |
| Orthopedic surgery, knee osteoarthritis, leg length discrepancy, lower limb alignment, hip dysplasia, femoroacetabular impingement, scoliosis, pediatric bone age, vertebral fracture assessment | AI-driven software for knee, hip, leg, hand and spine x-rays to quickly provide quantitative and standardized reports. | 22-Mar-23 | |
| Dermatology, Oncology, Allergology, Wound care | Clinical artificial intelligence automatically extracts clinical endpoints from pictures of lesions. This company diagnoses and measures the severity of 232 skin conditions from photos with their smartphones. Atopic dermatitis, urticaria, psoriasis, and acne vulgaris can be precisely evaluated and scored without any special hardware for image capture. | 15-Feb-23 | |
| Eye disease, ophthalmology, diabetes complication, diabetic retinopathy (DR) | AI-based diagnostic software for diabetic retinopathy (DR) using fundus image. Identifies high-risk DR patients by providing referral recommendations and detecting major lesions. It has a screening accuracy of 93%, which is comparable to ophthalmologists. It analyzes retinal images (color fundus images), screens for referable DR (stage 2 or above), and detects the 4 major lesions of DR. |
15-Apr-24 | |
| All respiratory diseases and respiratory-related complications for other diseases | Functional Respiratory Imaging (FRI) – a set of distinct structural and functional imaging markers analysing drug exposure, structure and function of the lungs, pulmonary blood vessels and airways at the regional level via CT scans. | 23-Aug-21 | |
| Epilepsy | Automated spike and seizure analysis, source localization on EEG in clinical practice. EEG biomarker research for clinical trials. | 9-Jul-21 | |
| Sleep | Automated sleep staging and spindle analysis in clinical practice. EEG biomarker research for clinical trials. | 9-Jul-21 | |
| Acute ischemic stroke | Perfusion brain image analysis (CT or MRI) | 16-Jun-21 | |
| Multiple sclerosis (MS), Dementia, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Epilepsy | Functional brain image analysis (CT or MRI) | 16-Jun-21 | |
| Metabolic diseases, Musculoskeletal & neuromuscular disorders | Body composition analysis, delivering multiple fat and muscle biomarkers with unrivaled accuracy – all from a rapid whole-body MRI scan. | 16-Jun-21 |
Needs – The following diagnostic technologies are seeking new drug development and new medical device development.
These are the diagnostic technologies that companies developing new drugs and medical devices are looking for. We are looking forward to hearing from program medical device development companies with applicable diagnostic technologies.
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Disease Area |
Wanted Diagnostic Technologies |
Information updated on: |
| Radiation exposure | Dosimetry analysis for radionuclide therapy (PET) | 16-Jun-21 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | Auto SUVR measurement for efficacy assessment (PET) | 16-Jun-21 |
| Pulmonary | Automatic texture analysis software for pneumonia severity evaluation | 16-Jun-21 |
| Cardiac failure | Automatic heart function measurement software for efficacy assessment | 16-Jun-21 |
| Ischemic cardiac disease | Automatic vascular property (plaque deposition) analysis software for diagnosis support | 16-Jun-21 |
| Knee osteoarthritis | Cartilage quantitative analysis (MRI) for regenerative medicine treatment | 16-Jun-21 |
| Nail tinea | Automatic analysis of the affected area (Photo) | 16-Jun-21 |
| NAFLD, Malignant lymphoma | AI for automatic volume measurement of liver, spleen, etc. | 16-Jun-21 |
| COPD | Automatic measurement of %LAA, bronchial lumen, bronchial wall thickness, etc. | 16-Jun-21 |