iMD Research - AI-Driven Medical Devices, Solutions and Systems

AI-Driven Medical Devices Systems Solutions

Our Mission

iMD Research aims to better healthcare by developing cutting edge AI-driven medical devices.

Our Services

We help healthcare stakeholders design and develop AI-driven intelligent medical devices
We service healthcare providers (e.g. clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) with AI-driven medical devices and software
We collaborate with companies who would like to enter or navigate the complex AI-Medtech space

RadiMed has access to an abundance of research data but not epidemiologists and biostatisticians. The iMD Research team provides us with professional research support to sustain our research program.

David Kurzencwyg, MD, FRCPC, DABR
Musculoskeletal Interventional Radiologist

We hired iMD Research in 2017, and entrusted them with our first research project. The experience was enriching as we discovered a dynamic and passionate team. Their professional expertise is undeniable and is always put at the service of the client for the realization of all of their projects. The OTIMROEPMQ was highly satisfied with the quality of the work accomplished by iMD research. We are pleased to continue our collaboration and continue with various new and interesting projects that are important to us.

Julie Morin, t.i.m., C.
Directrice de l’amélioration de l’exercice

Working with iMD Research for the past few years has made our research easy and cost efficient. I strongly recommend their competent and engaging team!

Dr Michael Benarroch, DDS
Dental surgeon and owner

Our dental laboratory has always prided itself for being at the forefront of technology. Partnering with iMD Research has taken us to the next level. We have found awesome partners in Artificial Intelligence.

Haim Keren, MDT, CDT
Dental laboratory director and owner

Our software company needed to find a way to build AI to better service our clients. iMD Research has proven to be an incredible facilitator in developing our AI!

David Lafond
Software developer and founder

CrownRing is pleased to partner with iMD Research to optimize our industrial processes with AI. We are not only impressed with the talent of iMD Research team but in their skill in finding the best ways to execute this cutting-edge work.

Thierry Bellisha
VP and co-founder

iMD Innovation Labs

Roughly 40 million mammograms are taken each year in North America. Radiologists use them to look for tumors. Yet, the images received often have missing breast tissue or other deficits because the breast was not properly positioned in the mammogram. A recent study conducted by iMD Research revealed 44% of mammograms had invalid positioning.

iMD Research is supporting the development of an AI classifier that can identify invalid breast positioning in real time and allow proper exams to be taken every time.

Team

Mammography AI

About 1% of adults have schizophrenia, most of whom will have auditory hallucinations. These hallucinations cause distress and are debilitating. New augmented reality approaches allow patients to emulate the voices they hear and create an image of the entity speaking. Along with the guidance of a licensed therapist, this allows patients to define and begin to control the voices they hear.

iMD Research along with MEDTEQ, NSERC and research teams at McGill Faculty of Engineering and the Douglas Mental Health Institute is supporting the development of an augmented reality platform that helps patients with auditory hallucinations.

Team

VR in Psychiatry

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic placed historical levels of operational stress on hospitals, nursing homes and public health entities. People who test positive for the virus are sent home and asked to self-confine. Public health agents contact them on a daily basis to get (subjective) information on their health. A remote vital sign monitor detects temperature, SPO2, Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate and Blood Pressure. It helps detect sudden increases in temperature and respiratory distress in older patients living in nursing homes or patients who test positive and self-confine.

iMD Research is supporting the development of a small wireless ambulatory vital sign monitor in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering of McGill University, Faculty of Engineering of Université Laval, and with the funding support of MITACS and NSERC.

Team

Vital Sign Monitoring

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a debilitating condition that affects approximately 13% of males and 6% of females in North America and 40% of persons with obesity. While the gold standard treatment is the CPAP, these devices have notoriously poor compliance rates. Alternate treatments include lower bulk intraoral devices called mandibular advancement devices (MADs) that move the lower jaw forward and facilitate breathing. Studies show that MADs are non-inferior to CPAPs for mild-to moderate OSA. Yet, no device exists that can track sleep parameters and inform patients and doctors about treatment efficacy. iMD Research in partnership with JACOBB, the McGill Faculty of Engineering and supported by MEDTEQ, NSERC and the MEI is developing the first intelligent MAD that uses sensors to monitor sleep parameters and AI to detect various conditions.

Team

Sleep Apnea AI

Working with iMD Research was a genuine pleasure. Their professional team is highly competent in research design and advanced analytics.

Dre. Guila Delouya MD, MSc, FRCPC
Radio-oncologist & Researcher
CRCHUM and Institut du cancer de Montréal.

Few clinical investigators have ready access to research support and funding for their research. The iMD Research team provided my projects with easy access to research design and analytic services.

Dr. Chantal Segiun, MD FRCPC
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, MUHC

Medical research is a highly competitive field. The iMD Research team is very talented and effective in delivering research support and has helped us build an active research program.

Stephan Probst MD
Director of Nuclear Medicine, Jewish General Hospital

The iMD Research team has a uniquely original take on research and how to support it. Well worth working with this highly competent and efficient team.