Healthcare devices get smarter in China
06-Oct-14, China Daily USA
Chinese startup companies are finding vast potential in the intelligent healthcare market.
Instead of going to hospitals, expectant parents now can track their unborn baby's heartbeat with the handheld ultrasound devices pioneered by iCareNewLife.
Tao Jianhui, the Beijing-based company's CEO, discussed the market for pregnancy products with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley at a recent seminar co-organized by Innospring, a technology incubator based in Santa Clara, California.
With a smartphone and tablet app, parents could visualize the baby's heartbeats and share it on their social media pages, such as Weibo and Wechat, with their family members and friends, Tao said.
Tao and Wang Xiao, CEO of Innospring, expressed their optimism about smart health monitoring devices, especially in the maternal market in China, because Chinese parents are known to spend when it comes to their children's future, starting with pregnancy.