Samsung Seoul Hospital and BrainU Sign MOU for Development of Virtual Reality-Biofeedback EEG Sensor

Hong Seung-gyun, CEO of BrainU (left), Lee Kyu-sung, Director of the Future Medicine Research Institute at Samsung Seoul Hospital.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Samsung Seoul Hospital Digital Therapeutics Research Center and BrainU announced on the 31st that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the research project ‘K-DEM (Digital & Electronic medicine) Station Construction’ under the research-oriented hospital fostering R&D program and for the development of a virtual reality-biofeedback EEG sensor.

BrainU is a company specializing in the development of brain-based biosignal medical devices and wearable devices that analyze biosignals based on EEG using artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning and big data to research and diagnose various brain diseases.

Through this agreement, the two parties will cooperate in the development, application, and commercialization of the EEG sensor and software for the ‘VR-Biofeedback digital medical device’ that combines virtual reality and a motion chair to alleviate depression, anxiety, and stress, which is being developed by Jeon Hong-jin, director of the Digital Therapeutics Research Center (Professor of Psychiatry).

Lee Kyu-sung, director of the Future Medicine Research Institute (Professor of Urology), said, “Samsung Seoul Hospital will strengthen continuous cooperation between digital and electronic technologies and medicine, and actively support in-house capabilities to ensure that developed technologies can be rapidly applied in medical settings. Through this, we expect to derive a successful model of innovative future digital medical devices.”

Hong Seung-gyun, CEO of BrainU, stated, “Starting with this collaboration, we plan to proceed with the development of innovative digital therapeutics and electronic drugs through mutual feedback between our technology and clinical sites, and furthermore, we plan to continue development in combination with virtual reality such as the metaverse.”

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