A company that has set itself the task of drastically reducing the number of people who die or become disabled from stroke has been named the top innovator in the health category in the 2023 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list.

Sydney-based EMVision Medical Devices has developed a portable brain imaging device, which obviates the need to get patients who are feared to have suffered a stroke to a radiology department, which can be a time-consuming exercise even if the patient is already in the hospital.