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Everything you need to know about CE marking: feedback from the French company i-Virtual
i-Virtual, a start-up based in Metz, is the first company in the world to receive CE certification for its medical device that allows the measurement of vital parameters remotely through a simple 30-second video selfie as part of the patient's care pathway. It has...
World premiere: Caducy obtains CE marking
Caducy obtains CE certification as a medical device Class IIa We are pleased to announce that our solution Caducy is now certified as a medical device Class IIa in conformity with the MDR (EU) 2017/745. It indicates that Caducy has met the safety, health and...
i-Virtual receives ISO 13485:2016 certification
i-Virtual receives ISO 13485:2016 certification We are pleased to announce that we have received 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱 certification: 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲 for the design, development, manufacture and distribution of software for medical purposes, including the provision of related services. More...
i-Virtual named as CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree
i-Virtual named as CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree for its vitals measurement solution Caducy The CES Innovation Awards program is an annual competition honoring outstanding, design and engineering in 28 consumer technology. It was obvious for i-Virtual to apply...
What is photoplethysmography?
i-Virtual develops its solutions around a technology that uses light – photoplethysmography. In “photoplethysmography”, there is the Greek word photo that refers to light and the word plethysmo that means “enlargement”, “increase”. Introduced in the 1930s, this term...
Cardiovascular system: do you actually know how the heart works ?
Previously, we have published an article discussing heart rhythm disorders, their causes, and the main treatments. Besides, i-Virtual developed solution, Caducy, gives, among others, three values related to the heart activity – the heart rate, the heart variability...
Breathing as a source of wellness
Being aware of our breathing and controlling it can help us to feel better. Indeed, a good breathing allows, among other things, to eliminate toxins from the body. When we are stressed, anxious or nervous, our heart rate increases. Breathing becomes rapid and...
i-Virtual and Nouveal revolutionise medical telemonitoring
i-Virtual and Nouveal combine their technologies to optimize and democratize medical telemonitoring of patients. A first in Europe in terms of medical telemonitoring: NOUVEAL’s multi-pathology telemonitoring platform integrates the Caducy by I-VIRTUAL solution for...
Heart rhythm disorders: daily monitoring
Arrhythmias are disturbances in heart rhythm. Usually, the heart beats between 60 and 100 times per minute. In case of arrhythmia, the heart beats either too quickly (tachycardia), or too slowly (bradycardia), or in an anarchic way. i-Virtual tells you all about this...
9000 teleconsultations in 2 years: 10 questions for a convinced doctor
Interview with Dr. Cédric Villeminot General practitioner based in Annecy, Dr. Cédric Villeminot is passionate about e-health. Devoted to his patients, he gave his precious time to Myriam Benfatto to talk about teleconsultation. Discover below the result of the...
The 4 remote monitoring standards by the Haute Autorité de Santé
Medical telemonitoring: control for better care Remote monitoring allows a health professional to remotely interpret the data necessary for the medical follow-up of a patient. This system falls under telemedicine within the meaning of article R6316-1 of the Public...
i-Virtual joins the 3rd edition of the Pfizer Healthcare Hub France
The Pfizer Healthcare Hub France is a program supported by Pfizer and created in partnership with WILCO, an innovation accelerator and entrepreneurship specialist. This year, in partnership with WILCO, an innovation accelerator that supports the growth of startups,...