LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2026 – South Korean digital health companies are making a significant splash at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026, showcasing a wave of innovative technologies designed to revolutionize rehabilitation, diagnosis, and treatment. With roughly 4,500 companies from around 150 countries participating, CES 2026, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 6th to 9th, is a global stage for technological advancement. This year, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) awarded Innovation Awards to 43 products and Best Innovation Awards to 416 others, selected from over 3,600 submissions.
Korean Firms Dominate Digital Health Innovation
Table of Contents
- Korean Firms Dominate Digital Health Innovation
- From Nerve Stimulation to Extended Reality: Expanding Digital Frontiers
- Physical Function Recovery: Pain Diagnosis and Gait Rehabilitation
- AI-Powered Surgery and Treatment Planning
- Non-Invasive Diagnostics and Remote Healthcare
- AI and Beauty Tech Innovations
Half of the 41 products recognized in the digital health category—23 in total from 21 companies—originated in South Korea.
- Korean companies secured half of the digital health awards at CES 2026.
- Innovations span non-invasive nerve stimulation, AI-powered emotional care, and advanced robotic rehabilitation.
- AI is playing an increasingly crucial role in diagnostics, treatment planning, and personalized healthcare.
- Non-invasive diagnostic tools and remote monitoring systems are gaining prominence.
The awarded innovations encompass a broad spectrum of healthcare enhancements, from personal health monitoring and radar-based fall detection to sophisticated water quality management systems. This surge in digital health technology signals a growing emphasis on proactive, preventative, and personalized care.
From Nerve Stimulation to Extended Reality: Expanding Digital Frontiers
NeurotX’s ‘WillSleep’ device, a non-invasive neurostimulation solution for sleep improvement, earned an Innovation Award. WillSleep utilizes transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) to stabilize the nervous system and enhance sleep quality, offering a drug-free and non-surgical approach to combatting insomnia and other sleep disorders.
D2Emotion introduced ‘FEELBOT’, an AI-driven emotional care system designed for educational settings. FEELBOT analyzes and predicts student emotions in real-time, providing teachers with insights to de-escalate conflicts and foster emotional resilience.
Backslap continued its success, securing an Innovation Award for ‘SITh’ (Self-Insight Therapy), following a similar recognition in 2025.
G-Brain’s ‘Phin Stim for Parkinson’s Disease’ received an Innovation Award for its customized brain cortex monitoring and stimulation system. The system employs a minimally invasive approach, utilizing ultra-thin, flexible electrodes and wireless technology for enhanced safety and convenience.
In the Tech showcased ‘EYAS FOCUS’, an AI-based predictive digital treatment solution. This technology analyzes cognitive behavior and concentration levels to predict early signs of ADHD and cognitive decline, enabling the creation of personalized training and treatment plans.
Physical Function Recovery: Pain Diagnosis and Gait Rehabilitation
EverX won an Innovation Award for ‘MORA Care’, a digital musculoskeletal management solution leveraging AI-powered motion analysis. The company has now received the Digital Health Innovation Award at CES for two consecutive years, in 2024 and 2026, demonstrating its impact on managing and preventing musculoskeletal diseases—a leading cause of workplace injuries.
The Chonbuk National University Hospital Innovative Future Medical Research Center (Cybermedic) was recognized for ‘SenseFEEL’, a hybrid pain diagnosis solution. SensorFeel combines physical stimulation with 3D virtual reality-based Pain Care VR to provide a data-driven approach to pain assessment, evaluating both peripheral and central sensitization.
Upbotics launched ‘WIM KIDS’, a walking assistance wearable robot for growing children, earning a CES Innovation Award for the third consecutive year. The robot features a modular frame adaptable to a child’s changing leg length, accommodating ages 4 to 15.
Cosmo Robotics distinguished itself in pediatric rehabilitation with its exoskeleton robot technology. The company received Innovation Awards for both ‘Bambini Kids’, a ground-walking rehabilitation robot for infants aged 2.5 to 7 with neurological conditions, and ‘Bambini Teens’, designed for children and adolescents aged 5 to 12 recovering from nerve damage or trauma. Bambini Kids is the world’s first ground-walking pediatric exoskeleton with an ankle drive function, offering customized gait training. Bambini Teens focuses on restoring a natural walking pattern, addressing stiffness and contractures associated with cerebral palsy.
AI-Powered Surgery and Treatment Planning
Ian Hitech’s AI-based 3D brain tumor surgery planning software, ‘MedNeuro3D’, received an Innovation Award. The software creates a patient-specific 3D brain model from multi-directional MRI images, allowing surgeons to simulate optimal surgical paths before procedures.
Innodtech was recognized for ‘Dr.AlignNavi’, an AI-based clinical support solution for orthodontic treatment. A deep learning model analyzes 3D oral scans to generate step-by-step treatment plans in under three minutes.
Non-Invasive Diagnostics and Remote Healthcare
Atoflex’s ‘GenHome Array’, a multi-test molecular diagnostic device, won an Innovation Award. The company previously received an innovation award for ‘GenHome’ at CES 2024. The GenHome Array automates up to eight simultaneous tests using the same cartridge as the original GenHome, employing AI-based CCD image analysis for precise results.
Exosystems’ ‘exoRehab’, an AI-based musculoskeletal exercise management solution, was also recognized. This system manages lower limb muscle health by measuring knee joint range of motion and muscle biosignals to deliver personalized exercise programs and electrical stimulation.
Exoput’s multiple cancer early diagnosis platform, based on exosomes, AI, and Raman spectroscopy (SERS), earned an Innovation Award. The platform analyzes exosomes—extracellular vesicles released in early stages of cancer—using SERS technology and AI pattern recognition for high accuracy.
Goryeo Otron received an Innovation Award for ‘KOC CTC SAW MicroLab’, a surface acoustic wave (SAW)-based microfluidic platform that separates and analyzes trace amounts of cancer cells in the blood in real-time.
Caring Dream’s ‘Careerly’, a non-invasive senior life log integrated control system, attracted attention. This system uses an air pressure-based cardiac ballistic sensor to measure vital signs without physical contact, offering a versatile approach to senior care monitoring.
Umed introduced ‘UroRinse Light’, an automatic bladder cleaning system designed to reduce infection risk in patients with long-term catheterization. This is the world’s first system to automate and standardize bladder cleaning for use in nursing facilities and at home.
Uniplatek received an Innovation Award for its filter-less air sterilizer, utilizing semiconductor photocatalyst technology for sterilization and deodorization without filter replacement.
Ceragem won Innovation Awards for ‘Medispa All-in-One AI’ and ‘Clinical One Entry System’. Medispa All-in-One AI is a portable beauty device that uses 3D facial scans and lifestyle data to personalize skincare routines. The Clinical One Entry system is an AI-based, non-contact health platform that measures biological signals through facial recognition to control access and monitor health.
Kolmar Korea’s ‘SCAR’, a beauty device combining AI-based scar diagnosis, treatment, and cover functions, won both the Best Innovation Award in Beauty Tech and the Innovation Award in Digital Health. The device uses AI to analyze wound types and delivers targeted treatment with piezoelectric micro-spray technology.
parmiti won Innovation Awards in both AI and Digital Health for ‘FIRA Pose’, which applies mmWave radar and AI-based 3D posture and behavior recognition technology.
AI and Beauty Tech Innovations
Additional Innovation Awards in the AI and beauty tech categories were presented to Welt, Alcocare, and NTL Healthcare.
Welt’s SleepQ 2.0, an upgraded version of a product that recommends optimal sleeping pill timing, exemplifies AI convergence medicine. The system analyzes sleep logs, vital signs, activity levels, and circadian rhythms to refine medication timing.
Algo Care’s My Algo combines extensive intake data with clinical decision-making to design personalized nutritional supplement plans, delivered through the ‘AlgoCare E1’ device.
NTL Healthcare’s Dr. Cervicare AI aims to provide accessible cervical cancer screening using AI technology, offering diagnostic results without an internet connection.
In the beauty tech category, LG Household & Health Care and Amore Pacific also received innovation awards.
LG Household & Health Care’s Hyper Rejuvenating Eye Patch integrates skin diagnosis, customized ingredient prescription, and light energy control.
Amore Pacific’s SkinSight, developed with MIT researchers, is a next-generation electronic skin platform that measures aging factors and provides personalized skincare recommendations.
