Raviv Melamed. (Photo Vayyar)
Vayyar Imaging, an Israeli startup that develops 4D imaging radar and 3D radio wave imaging sensors that can see inside objects, established a strategic partnership with Whzan Digital Health, a UK firm that offers cloud-based care platform providers, and the developers of the Blue Box telehealth monitoring system. Vayyar Care is now integrated with Whzan’s care dashboard and WhzApp, which leverage IoT sensor fusion to track movement and identify behavioral changes that indicate heightened risk.
The app connects clinicians and carers with patients, monitors conditions remotely and delivers key information and care advice. It serves as an information hub, self-assessment and communication tool, vital signs log and more, allowing clinicians to stay updated on patients’ vital signs and ensure they’re following care plans, without unnecessary GP or hospital visits.
The arrangement comes just a few months after Vayyar raised $108 million in a Series E round of financing in June. Vayyar has raised more than $300 million in investments to date.
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Vayyar Imaging was co-founded in 2011 by CEO, and Chairman Raviv Melamed, and former vice president of the wireless division at Intel Israel, Miri Ratner of BreezeCOM (vice president of development) and Naftali Hayat, chief scientist of Alvarion. At the time the company had a vision of detecting early-stage breast cancer using RF technology. But over time the company expanded its business into senior care, automotive, retail, public safety and other industries. Vayyar provides solutions powered by its system-on-chip, proprietary software stack, and breakthrough Machine Learning algorithms.
Vayyar’s sensors create a 3D image of everything happening around you in real-time, without the use of a camera. These sensors can see through solid objects, map large areas and can be used in privacy-sensitive locations where optics cannot.
“I’m delighted to confirm a partnership with the potential to transform data-driven care for users of all ages and circumstances,” said Stuart Barclay, UK Sales Director at Vayyar Care. “Whzan’s vision aligns perfectly with our own, and I’m excited about the scale of what we’ll achieve together.”
“An industry-leading digital health monitoring system needs robust, reliable, real-time sensing and after extensive testing, plus our usual Whzan evaluation, we have been very impressed with Vayyar’s 4D imaging radar technology. We have worked closely with their team to integrate Vayyar data into the Whzan platform, enabling carers to view both sets of data with a single login. We firmly believe Whzan and Vayyar working together will deliver an excellent addition to our widely used system, supporting thousands of vulnerable people,” said Whzan Chairman John Cooling. “We are looking forward to a long and fruitful collaboration, bringing a wide range of benefits to both care users and providers.”
Vayyar Care offers touchless 4D imaging radar that it says gathers the data caregivers need to protect residents, as well as their dignity, privacy, and independence. The company boasts that its solution delivers instant fall detection and 24/7 visibility on room presence, mobility, time at rest, bathroom visits and more, overcoming the limitations of standard technologies such as hard-to-reach buttons and cords, unreliable mats, underused wearables and intrusive cameras.
