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Grand Prix Winners of the Japan Healthcare Business Contest (JHeC) 2021 Selected
February 1, 2021
As an effort to discover and foster leaders in the next-generation healthcare industry, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with 127 participating supporters, held a business contest titled “Japan Healthcare Business Contest (JHeC) 2021” to recognize companies making outstanding efforts for creating new business in the field of healthcare. This was the sixth such contest.
Five finalists in the idea contest category and six finalists in the business contest category, all of which passed a preliminary examination, made open-style presentations as the final examination. As a result of the examination, Syrinx represented by Mr. Takeuchi Masaki in the idea contest category and Magic Shields Inc. in the business contest category were selected as the Grand Prix Winners.
1. List of the winners
■Grand Prix in the idea contest category
Presenter: Mr. Takeuchi Masaki
Title: Syrinx: Device for helping people regain their verbal speaking ability
■Excellence Awards in the idea contest category
Presenter: Mr. Ishikita Naoyuki
Title: COVID ventilator project “#O24U”: Project for artificial ventilators that can be developed by a 3D printer
Presenter: Mr. Ogawa Ryoma
Title: Development of a lymphedema tomography monitor (LT monitor) for commercialization
Presenter: Mr. Jujo Kentaro
Title: CoroPAP: Personal negative-pressure masks making positive-pressure ventilation available even in the “with-coronavirus” era
Presenter: Mr. Takizawa Reo
Title: Development of catheters placed inside blood vessels - an application of biomimetics
Note: The winners of the Excellence Awards are listed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.
■Grand Prix in the business contest category
Company name: Magic Shields Inc.
Presenter: Shimomura Hiroshi, President
Title: Koroyawa: Floors which become soft only when a user falls - Tools for preventing the elderly from breaking bones when they fall
■Excellence Awards in the business contest category
Company name: Energy Front Corporation
Presenter: Mr. Ueda Takeji, President
Title: Development of Kurashiki-oriented universal design brands
Company name: OUI Inc.
Presenter: Dr. Shimizu Eisuke, CEO and Research Associate
Title: Ophthalmology diagnoses using Smart Eye Camera: Establishment of a new ophthalmic practice model by taking advantage of AI and remote medical examination
Company name: Fast DOCTOR Corporation
Presenter: Dr. Kikuchi Ryo, Medical Doctor and President
Title: Regional medical system focusing on 2025: Potential for a home visit team for emergency treatment
Company name: Frontier Field Inc.
Presenter: Mr. Sato Yasuyuki, President and CEO
Title: Nichibyo Mobile: Project for development of an ICT platform targeting hospitals through a business partnership with the Japan Hospital Association - Initiative for helping hospitals shift from PHS phones to smartphones and provision of a medical-practice application service -
Company name: Medii Ltd.
Presenter: Dr. Yamada Yuki, Medical Doctor and President
Title: Medii: Entity providing E-consultation services to address the challenge of unevenly distributed medical specialists in regional medical care
Note: The winners of the Excellence Awards are listed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.
■Second Career Award
Winner: OUI Inc.
■Providers of Extra Prize (to the Grand Prix winners)
Provider: Co-Studio Corporation
Provider: Globizz Japan Corporation
Provider: Life Science Innovation Network Japan, Inc. (LINK-J)
Note: These providers are listed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.
■Providers of Special Prize
Provider: Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
Provider: Medii Ltd.
Provider: LYST Corporation
Winners: All finalists
Note: These providers are listed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.
Number of supporters
127
Number of collaborative events
18
Scenes from the contest
Mr. Takeuchi Masaki as a representative of Syrinx, the Grand Prix winner in the idea contest category, making a presentation
Representative of Magic Shields Inc., the Grand Prix winner in the business contest category, making a presentation
Mr. Yamamoto Kazunari, Deputy Director-General, METI, awarding a trophy to Mr. Takeuchi Masaki as a representative of Syrinx
Mr. Yamamoto Kazunari, Deputy Director-General, METI, awarding a trophy to a representative of Magic Shields Inc.
Photo session following the selection of the Grand Prix winners
Division in Charge
Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group