Waycen (CEO Kim Kyung-nam), a company specializing in AI MEDTECH, proved to be the next-generation global innovation company by winning three CES innovation awards ahead of the world's largest IT exhibition "CES 2024" in Las Vegas in January next year.
According to the results of the CES 2024 Innovation Award announced by The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) on the 16th, Waycen won three innovation awards for WAYMED Cough PRO and WAYMED Food Allergy. It won two awards in the artificial intelligence category and one in the software & mobile apps category, showing its leadership in the K-MEDTECH field yet again this year.
This result implies that Waycen has been recognized globally for its innovation in medical big data analysis technology. In addition, both of the winning products are artificial intelligence-based products developed through joint research with professional medical staff in each field. This is significant for the medical industry in that medical experts and AI specialized companies worked together to jointly develop clinically useful products with technical verification and achieve these excellent results.
WAYMED Cough Pro is an artificial intelligence self-screening app service that allows users to check their respiratory health with only three to five coughs. The service is the result of a joint study with a research team led by Professor Moon Kyung-min of the Department of Respiratory Allergy at Chung-Ang University Hospital and Director Jeon Jin-hee (former Yonsei B&A Clinic). Since it can analyze users' respiratory health based on artificial intelligence, help them easily manage respiratory health, and expand the input respiratory data to telemedicine services in connection with medical institutions, it has been honored with the innovation award for the second consecutive year following the CES 2023 Innovation Award.
WAYMED Food Allergy, which won two innovation awards this time, is an artificial intelligence-based customized food allergy oral immune digital treatment for children and adolescents with food allergies. The product is a digital treatment using Waycen's medical big data analysis technology and artificial intelligence algorithm, and is the result of joint research with Professor Ahn Kang-mo and Professor Kim Ji-hyun of the Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at Samsung Medical Center. In recognition of its innovation in predicting allergic reactions with blood test information of pediatric patients and helping them safely and conveniently proceed with oral immunotherapy at home through interactive communication with digital technology through big data analysis, it won two awards in the artificial intelligence category and the software & mobile app category.
Based on its unique technology, Waycen has set an unusual record of winning CES Innovation Awards for three consecutive years, eight awards in total, in just four years since its establishment. While the last CES Innovation Award was recognized for its innovation and technology in real-time video analysis technology, this award can be seen as a global recognition for the technology and innovation of Waycen's new digital healthcare lineup.
Meanwhile, Waycen is exploring the global market with the world's first gastric and colonoscopy video analysis SW 'WAYMED Endo' released last year. This year CES Innovation Award-winning products are also expected to promote full-fledged business targeting the global market.