IITH-incubated Startup develops ‘Gamified Arm Rehabilitation Device’ for stroke victims, unveiled by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman at BIRAC Foundation Day - India Education Diary
25 March 2019 5:00 PM IST
Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad-incubated startup BeAble Health has developed a Gamified Arm Rehabilitation Device for neuro-rehabilitation of stroke victims and motor rehabilitation of victims with the upper motor deficit. The ?ArmAble? was unveiled by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, in the presence of Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, during [?]
- The founders of both startups graduated from the Fellowship Program offered by the Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE), IIT Hyderabad, which trains individuals from various disciplines towards innovations in Healthcare.
- Speaking about the recognitions accorded to graduates of CfHE Program, Dr. Renu John, Co-Head of CfHE and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, said, “The successes of these two entrepreneurs is a testimonial to the Systematic Biodesign Process that they followed at the CfHE starting from the identification of the unmet need to the Launch of the product validating their concept and carefully addressing the risks at each stage of product development
- This strong research foundation and a significant grant from BIRAC under the guidance of IKP Hyderabad have accelerated our journey to the product.
- As a part of this event, BeAble Health was selected to unveil its product ‘ArmAble’, which has been supported by BIRAC under the BIG Scheme.
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