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Among the highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, is a cervical cancer detector and a bracelet that predicts hot flashes with the help of artificial intelligence.

The list of exhibitors for the 2024 edition included the South Korean company Aidot, which is displaying a device called "Serverai AI", which allows remote detection of uterine cancer with the help of artificial intelligence.

A report by the World Health Organization revealed that cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women. He pointed out that 570,311 new cases of this disease and about 2018,<> deaths from this disease were recorded worldwide in <>.

But WHO said it was one of the easiest forms of cancer to prevent and treat, if detected early and treated effectively.

But if the diagnosis is too late, it often leads to death.

AI.Dot is seeking to make early detection screening available worldwide with its device based on acetic acid optical testing technology, which is described as "simpler, faster and cheaper" than usual cellular tests, such as a smear.

The result is immediate

The company explained that "a visual test conducted by a specialist with the naked eye," stressing that the result is immediate, while cytological tests require laboratory tests that take several days, and may even reach weeks.

Created in collaboration with gynaecologists and Annam and Bundang hospitals in South Korea, Servray AI also offers telemedicine.

This solution could be adapted to developing countries where medical infrastructures are often in dire straits.

Carolina Milanesi, of French firm Creative Strategies, said she had seen a limited increase in innovations related to children's and women's health at Las Vegas in recent years, but 70 percent of the innovations on display were for men.

Jessica Booth, director of marketing research at the company organizing the exhibition, predicted in a statement to reporters that "the digital health industry for women will be worth $1.2 trillion by 2027."

"This sector is ripe for the tech industry," she said.

The American company "Princess Health" is one of the leading institutions in this field, and its research focuses on menopause, a stage in a woman's life that sometimes causes great discomfort to her such as hot flashes.

Hot flashes

The founding team designed the Terra system, which "predicts hot flashes, preventing them preventively during the night," avoiding women waking up repeatedly per night.

Terra relies on a sensor-equipped wristband that analyzes biometric data with artificial intelligence software that determines the body's natural rhythms and is able to predict hot flashes.

At night, "in the seconds after detecting" the upcoming hot flash, "a cooled mattress cover activates that lowers the temperature by several degrees almost immediately," according to Princess Health, who noted that these seizures, which are sometimes very frequent and obvious, become less and shorter.

The device is expected to go on the market from March and sell for $525.

Source: French