Digitising diagnostic services

SigTuple is automating pathology labs to detect and analyse diseases

SigTuple Technologies, which raised $5.8 million this month from several investors, is developing solutions to digitise pathology labs using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

The Bengaluru-based start-up has a hub-and-spoke model of medical experts and telepathology labs and hospitals. AI and machine learning techniques are used to increase the efficiency of these specialists in digital diagnosis and analysis.

SigTuple works with 18 medical institutions, including labs and hospitals, to digitise disease screening and diagnostic services. It is trying to replace age-old pathology lab equipment with digital scanners and has created a platform-centric approach to provide solutions for automated analysis of blood,