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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.

MyNurse.ai develops an AI-powered remote health monitoring solution for individuals with chronic conditions. The system integrates smart home health devices with personalized wellness coaching to support at-home management of conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. It enables continuous care through secure data sharing with clinicians and provides tailored guidance to improve health outcomes and reduce hospital visits.

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 healthcare technology company that uses advanced sensor technology to monitor elderly residents' vital signs wirelessly, without requiring wearables. It provides real-time actionable health information to improve eldercare quality and operational efficiency.

EmPowerYu offers an intelligent Remote Monitoring System designed for seniors living independently at home. Using strategically placed motion sensors and data analytics, the system detects daily life events, determines usual behaviors, and alerts caregivers to any deviations, ensuring privacy and allowing loved ones to age in place.

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 specializes in managed phone services for individuals with cognitive challenges like Alzheimer's. It offers features such as call blocking, real-time alerts, and voicemail retrieval to protect users from unwanted calls, reduce isolation, and alleviate caregiver stress.

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 specializes in social, emotional, and behavioral learning solutions for educators and students. Their comprehensive program includes screenings, curricula for various ages, ABA therapy, executive functioning skills, and transitional/vocational training.

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 offers a virtual reality and shared experiences platform designed to reduce social isolation by fostering personal connections among seniors in living communities and hospitals. The platform enables group sessions where participants can check off bucket list items, revisit meaningful places, share stories, and stay engaged with family, helping improve mental well-being and quality of life. It is used by major senior living operators such as Revera, Benchmark, and SRG, and by healthcare systems including UCHealth and Cleveland Clinic, with NIH and NIA-funded research and partnerships with organizations like AARP and Verizon.

RenewSenses develops sensory substitution technology to enhance accessibility. Its platform converts visual input into structured auditory patterns and incorporates spatial mapping, color recognition, tactile feedback, and spoken feedback to enable people with visual impairments to interpret their surroundings better.

Rendever offers a virtual reality and shared experiences platform designed to reduce social isolation by fostering personal connections among seniors in living communities and hospitals. The platform enables group sessions where participants can check off bucket list items, revisit meaningful places, share stories, and stay engaged with family, helping improve mental well-being and quality of life. It is used by major senior living operators such as Revera, Benchmark, and SRG, and by healthcare systems including UCHealth and Cleveland Clinic, with NIH and NIA-funded research and partnerships with organizations like 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 develops health monitoring products designed to enable elderly individuals to live safely and independently at home for longer. Their solutions combine health sensors with software intelligence, allowing caregivers to remotely monitor seniors' behavior and detect any abnormal patterns in their health.

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.