HAPTIC

Global Medical Device Research Hub

About Us

Health-IT Center(HAPTIC) at Yonsei University Health System was founded in Seoul, Korea in 2015. We`re one of the major and Government-supported R&D institutions that leads the medical device field(SaMD, SiMD, DTx) in concurrence with the world-class clinicians and researchers. We are ready to help you all introduce medical institutions in Korea and promote overseas expansion.

Reliability Evaluation Technology in MDSW (Medical Device Software)

Name of Project

Development of Health-IT specialized reliability evaluation technology and support of SxMD enterprises aiming for global level through interconnection of pan-ministerial projects

Research and management specialized institute

Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology/ Korea Medical Device Development Fund

Mission

Medical device suitability and effectiveness verification through the development of test standards for medical device reliability evaluation, establishment of a reliability evaluation environment for each item, and technical support

Vision

Establishment of a global-level Health IT-specific reliability evaluation testing institution

Development of evaluation standards
Establishing an evaluation environment
Establishing a reliability management system
Conducting reliability evaluation

Specialized organization

Korea Medical Device Development Fund, Korea Health Industry Development Institute

Joint research organization

Suresoft Tech Co., Korea Conformity Laboratories, Konyang university industry-academic cooperation foundation, Medical Device Industry Promotion Foundation

Total research period

November, 2020~December, 2025

National Standard Technology Improvement Project

Name of Project

Usability test guideline for digital therapeutics

Research and management specialized institute

Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology

Mission

Preemption of standardization in new product fields through attendance at international conferences and chairmanship activities- Securing standards for evaluating the usability of digital therapeutic devices through international standard proposals

Vision

Development of International Standards for Usability Checklist for Digital Therapeutics

International Standards	Guidelines for evaluating the usability of digital therapeutics Guidance on the use of Community Treatment Center(CTC) model for monitoring infectious diseases under a connected home environment
Group Standards	Service design requirements for digital therapeutics development
International Conferences	Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) APAC WG IEC SyC AAL WG 5 ISO TC 215 JWG 7
Chair/member Activities	ISO SyS AAL WG 6 Convenor SyC AAL Project Leader

Joint research organization

Huraypositive Corp.

Total research period

September, 2021~December, 2024

Development and clinical application of IoMT standard platforms for hospitals

Name of Project

Development and clinical application of IoMT standard platforms for hospitals based on Artificial Intelligence, cloud, and WiFi6 to provide patient-centered medical services

Research and management specialized institute

Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology/ Korea Medical Device Development Fund

Mission

Developing an 'IoMT-based standard platform' that supports patient-specific rapid/precise medical decision-making through building a standard environment where various IoMT devices can be applied, Seamless monitoring of patients' major vital signs in hospitals, integrating data with hospital information systems, and AI learning

Vision

Implement patient-centered medical services through constant monitoring of patients in IoMT-based hospitals and predicting AI-based anomalies/prediction

Always monitoring acute event
Always monitoring data
IoMT device application
Clinical field application

Joint research organization

Organization in charge: PHI DIGITAL HEALTHCARE, inc
Pariticipating Organziation: LG Electronics, DKI, Aerix, Osung system, Infomark, Lighten Technology, Maintec Co., Yonsei University Office of Research Affairs/University Industry Foundation

Total research period

September, 2021~December, 2024

Platform (Hospital-Enterprise Cooperative R&D Platform and Medical Device Technology Development Project)

Name of Project

Development of R&D Platform and SW Techniques for the Medical and Health-IT `Start-up`s emerging to global enterprise

Research and management specialized institute

Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology

Mission

Development of hospital-enterprise cooperation/linked R&D platforms specialized in the medical-health IT field, development of medical device technology using the platform, and enterprise support

Vision

SPEED ONE	Smooth cooperation system and use of experts by securing specialized personnel for item specialization
SPEED FRAMEWORK	Establishment of a technical support platform for the entire cycle of product development
SPEED COHORT	Establishing a health-disease cycle library to support health-IT enterprises
SPEEED STAR	Support for customized licensing and standardization of item characteristics

Joint research organization

AITRICS Co., MiDAS H&T, HealthAll Inc.

Total research period

December, 2015~March, 2021

PHR-based personalized health care system project

Name of Project

Development of advanced heart disease diagnosis support service using stethoscope IoMT in an open PHR platform environment

Research and management specialized institute

Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology/ Korea Medical Device Development Fund

Mission

Development of total solutions using IoMT and PHR that can be managed after hospitalization/discharge for the purpose of managing patients with heart disease (heart failure/heart valve disease/arrhythmia), one of the three major death diseases

Vision

Proposed a plan to advance and develop medical services for heart disease patients using IoMT and PHR platforms

Development of an integrated system	Outpatient digital stethoscope data management service. Digital stethoscope data monitoring service for wards. Developing a PHR platform
Development of an algorithm that can be linked with IoMT	Digital stethoscope IoMT equipment interface development Development of a heart disease classification algorithm based on stethoscope
Conducting clinical trials	Perform more than 200 demonstration projects through clinical trials. Accuracy analysis of demonstration projects and algorithms
Proposing a linked model	Medical service advancement model for heart disease patients Medical service advancement model for respiratory disease patients Cardiac disease/respiratory disease management service model for telemedicine