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ABBY is a new Personal EV for adults with reduced mobility, positioned as a long-overdue expansion play for the broken $9B wheelchair cartel

EyeKnow specializes in an AI-driven monitoring system that enhances safety for children and seniors in home and care facility environments. Utilizing advanced computer vision technology, EyeKnow's solution provides continuous surveillance, detecting incidents such as falls or irregular activities, as well as monitoring interactions between caregivers and vulnerable individuals to identify potential abuse or negligence. The system integrates easily with existing security cameras and delivers real-time insights and alerts to stakeholders through a user-friendly mobile app and live dashboard. By combining AI with security camera footage, EyeKnow aims to protect vulnerable populations from violence and ensure peace of mind for families and caregivers.

Davenport SAF-T Systems is dedicated to enhancing the safety and independence of older adults through innovative technology. The company has developed a lightweight safety garment, specifically a vest, equipped with sensors that monitor for fall incidents. When an unrecoverable fall is detected, the vest activates a system of airbags that inflate within half a second, significantly reducing the risk and severity of injuries in vulnerable areas such as the head, neck, shoulders, elbows, and hips. By focusing on injury prevention and promoting independence, Davenport SAF-T Systems aims to improve the quality of life for seniors, addressing critical issues related to medical care and rehabilitation.

a digital health program to help seniors with chronic conditions live their best lives.

GiveMove is a healthcare technology company specializing in the manufacture of assistive mobility devices for individuals with motor disabilities. The company offers a range of innovative, practical, and customized solutions, including its Bipmov suite of static and motorized standers for both adults and children, incorporating IoT technology.

We make robots for seniors with dementia and other cognitive issues to provide safety and companionship-related services. The robots in the senior's home provide an avatar for our remote nurses 24/7. This hybrid solution brings down the cost of cognitive care by up to 90%, helps seniors age in place, and recover autonomy. The platform also allows third-party age tech services to reach seniors & enhance the quality of their remaining life. Features include - Fall detection & prevention, companionship tools, physiotherapy and tracking, medicine reminders, personalized content, games, and connections with loved ones.

Advanced Interactive Response Systems - AIRS in Newaygo, Michigan, provides oxygen supply monitoring systems for hospitals, homes, and other remote areas. With this system, the patient is able to safely monitor air flow for oxygen tanks. It has an alarm feature that sends updates via text messaging or Bluetooth™. The AIRS devices are also wirelessly linked to each other using a secure and robust mesh networking protocol. Hospitals and medical personnel will greatly benefit from this state-of-the-art monitoring system.

Tellus is a technology company that specializes in wireless, non-invasive health monitoring for elderly care facilities. It uses advanced sensor technology to continuously track vital signs and activities, providing real-time insights and alerts to caregivers. This enables better decision-making during emergencies or to prevent issues proactively, enhancing eldercare quality and operational efficiency.

EmPowerYu is a company that has developed an innovative Remote Monitoring System designed to enhance healthcare delivery and communication for seniors living independently at home. By utilizing strategically placed motion sensors, the system tracks daily activities such as getting out of bed and meal preparation, creating a comprehensive view of normal routines through data analytics. This approach allows authorized caregivers to receive timely alerts regarding any deviations from established patterns, ensuring that medically vulnerable individuals can receive support without compromising their privacy or requiring behavioral changes. EmPowerYu's technology aims to facilitate safe and independent living for seniors, fostering a connection between them, their families, and professional caregivers.

Levaté designs a lightweight wheelchair. This lightweight wheelchair accessory restores reach and independence, giving people the flexibility to work, play, and love in their daily lives. The lift attaches and detaches quickly from the wheelchair and raises to eye level or any height in between to improve vision and reach in any environment - high shelves at the grocery store, the refrigerator or cabinets at home, gas stations, public restrooms, car transfers, shopping.

Cutii is a developer of an interaction platform designed to enhance connectivity and support for elderly individuals living at home. The platform utilizes a robot equipped with advanced functionalities such as speech recognition, vocal commands, facial recognition, and artificial intelligence. This technology facilitates daily tasks and activities while promoting social interactions between seniors, their families, caregivers, charities, and healthcare providers. By offering a wide range of services and activities, Cutii aims to preserve the daily joy of life for the elderly and help them maintain meaningful relationships, ultimately fostering solidarity and reducing isolation.

teleCalm, Inc., established in 2016 and based in Plano, Texas, offers managed phone services designed to support families dealing with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive challenges. The company's services include call blocking, 9-1-1 call notifications, protection against phone scams, call history tracking, live caller dashboards, real-time alerts, reminders on smartphones, and voicemail retrieval. teleCalm aims to reduce isolation by keeping loved ones connected with family and friends while safeguarding them from targeted fraud and alleviating phone-related stress for caregivers.

PraeSpero Farms operates a residential community focused on providing recovery support for individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder. The organization delivers compassionate, individualized assistance aimed at facilitating lasting personal recovery and enhancing community safety. Residents have access to essential resources, including stable housing, care coordination, and skill training. The community is centered around a working, sustainable farm, which serves as an effective environment for both personal development and community reintegration. Through its initiatives, PraeSpero Farms seeks to empower individuals, equipping them with the tools necessary for a successful transition back into society.

Care Angel, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a virtual health assistant designed to monitor and manage care plans and medication adherence for individuals, particularly seniors. The company's flagship product, ANGEL, serves as an intelligent caregiving assistant that provides a VIP Care Service aimed at aging-at-home seniors. This service conducts regular check-in calls to elderly individuals, assisting them in self-managing chronic conditions while offering immediate access to eldercare guidance and resources. Care Angel's platform is customizable, allowing for tailored care plans that address various health needs and conditions. The service is delivered through a website and mobile application, utilizing an artificial intelligence voice-recognition assistant to communicate via traditional telephone. Established in 2014, Care Angel is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.

SILAS is a company that specializes in providing social, emotional, and behavioral solutions for practitioners and students, with a focus on children on the autism spectrum. Their offerings include a comprehensive range of curricula designed to enhance social and emotional learning (SEL), applied behavior analysis (ABA), executive functioning, and vocational skills for various age groups. The company's innovative data-driven animation platform enables children to recognize facial expressions, develop language skills, and improve social interactions with peers. This platform features multiple levels of social skills and vocational curriculums and incorporates teacher assessments to track student performance across various metrics. By allowing children to collaborate on creating animation scripts, SILAS fosters essential skills like topic generation, eye contact, and apology, preparing students for real-world social interactions.

CareAline is a company that specializes in creating functional garments specifically designed for patients with implanted intravenous lines. The company develops medical sleeves and wraps that enhance the quality of life for individuals with PICC lines, central lines, and various feeding tubes. These innovative products provide maintenance and security for medical lines, eliminating the need for tape to stabilize them. By ensuring that patients remain comfortable during treatment and in their daily activities, CareAline addresses a critical need in patient care, allowing for greater mobility and ease of use.

RistCall is a company that develops smartwatch devices aimed at enhancing patient safety and satisfaction in healthcare settings, particularly hospitals and senior care communities. By replacing traditional call bell systems with their innovative wearable technology, RistCall facilitates improved communication between patients and nursing staff. This approach not only helps to reduce the incidence of falls but also enhances overall patient satisfaction, as measured by HCAHPS scores. Through its focus on wearable technology, RistCall addresses critical needs in patient care, ensuring a safer and more responsive healthcare environment.

Puffin Innovations is a company dedicated to developing assistive technology that adapts to the user, enhancing accessibility to computers and mobile devices for individuals with limited mobility. Their flagship product is a wireless sip-and-puff joystick, which facilitates navigation of phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. This innovative device allows users to interact with a variety of applications, empowering them to control their environment and perform everyday tasks. Puffin Innovations emphasizes the importance of making their products affordable, portable, and durable, with a vision of creating interfaces tailored to the unique abilities of all users, not just those traditionally labeled as having disabilities. The company is committed to transforming how individuals engage with technology, ensuring inclusivity in digital access.

Rendever is a technology company that uses virtual reality (VR) to combat social isolation among elderly populations in senior living communities and hospitals. Its platform facilitates shared experiences, reducing depression and loneliness by fostering connections through activities like bucket list item check-offs, revisiting meaningful locations, and engaging with family members. High-profile senior living operators such as Revera, Benchmark, and SRG, along with healthcare systems like UCHealth and Cleveland Clinic, utilize Rendever's platform. The company has received research funding from the NIH and NIA, and has commercial partnerships with major organizations including AARP and Verizon.

RenewSenses is a company that develops innovative wearable devices aimed at enhancing the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Its technology converts visual information into tactile and auditory signals, allowing users to perceive their surroundings through sound and touch. This groundbreaking approach not only helps users identify the location of objects but also offers a perceptual experience of visual elements, significantly improving their mobility and independence. By enabling people with visual impairments to navigate their environments more safely, RenewSenses strives to empower them to lead more independent lives.

Rendever is a technology company that uses virtual reality (VR) to combat social isolation among elderly populations in senior living communities and hospitals. Its platform facilitates shared experiences, reducing depression and loneliness by fostering connections through activities like bucket list item check-offs, revisiting meaningful locations, and engaging with family members. High-profile senior living operators such as Revera, Benchmark, and SRG, along with healthcare systems like UCHealth and Cleveland Clinic, utilize Rendever's platform. The company has received research funding from the NIH and NIA, and has commercial partnerships with major organizations including AARP and Verizon.

Atlas5D, Inc. is a technology company dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with reduced mobility. Founded in 2011 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company specializes in developing and manufacturing advanced sensors that assess brain, neuromuscular, and cardiovascular conditions. Its flagship product, Echo5D, is a passive ambient sensor that unobtrusively measures human movement and behavior around the clock, without the need for wearable devices. This innovative approach allows for continuous tracking of patient ambulation and dexterity in a home environment, providing valuable insights to caregivers and healthcare professionals. Atlas5D serves diverse sectors including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, insurance, government, and healthcare, aiming to empower patients with actionable data to monitor their health and maintain independence. The company's founders possess strong academic and professional backgrounds, notably from MIT and Harvard Medical School, and Atlas5D has been recognized as an alumnus of prestigious programs such as MassChallenge and TechStars.

Sunu, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing innovative solutions for individuals with visual impairments. Founded in 2013 and based in Zapopan, Mexico, Sunu has created the Sunu Band, a smart wristband designed to enhance mobility and awareness for users. The Sunu Band employs sonar technology to detect obstacles and objects in the user’s environment, providing feedback through gentle vibrations. This allows individuals with low vision or blindness to navigate their surroundings more confidently and safely. By complementing traditional mobility aids such as canes or guide dogs, the Sunu Band improves the overall travel experience for visually impaired users, making navigation more intuitive and less stressful.

Sunu, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing innovative solutions for individuals with visual impairments. Founded in 2013 and based in Zapopan, Mexico, Sunu has created the Sunu Band, a smart wristband designed to enhance mobility and awareness for users. The Sunu Band employs sonar technology to detect obstacles and objects in the user’s environment, providing feedback through gentle vibrations. This allows individuals with low vision or blindness to navigate their surroundings more confidently and safely. By complementing traditional mobility aids such as canes or guide dogs, the Sunu Band improves the overall travel experience for visually impaired users, making navigation more intuitive and less stressful.

Nordic Technology Group specializes in developing health monitoring products aimed at assisting aging individuals in living longer and safer lives at home. The company focuses on creating health sensors and software that enable caregivers to remotely monitor seniors, allowing for the detection of abnormal patterns in behavior and health. By providing these innovative solutions, Nordic Technology Group supports the independence and active lifestyles of older adults, while also offering peace of mind to their families and caregivers.

g2gConnect is a providing senior-friendly touchscreen kiosks and services to visually link seniors to their remote family members. Visual communication via computers could provide significant quality of life improvements to seniors in assisted living centers. But a very large segment of todays population in senior communities cannot or will not use computers. g2gConnect connects the generations, allowing seniors and their families to richly engage in each others lives.