Avkin manufactures wearable simulation devices that integrate live participants into healthcare training, enhancing realism and communication in clinical scenarios. Their technology addresses the limitations of traditional manikin-based simulations by providing high-fidelity, automated simulators that improve student engagement and learning outcomes.
Funding
$3.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional healthcare simulations often rely on manikins, which lack the realism needed to fully engage students and prepare them for real-world clinical scenarios. These simulations can fail to adequately replicate the nuances of human interaction, non-verbal cues, and the emotional aspects of patient care, leading to a disconnect between training and practice.
Solution
Avkin provides wearable simulation devices that integrate live participants into healthcare training, enhancing realism and communication skills. Their high-fidelity, automated simulators allow students to interact with a "patient" exhibiting realistic symptoms and responses, creating a more immersive and engaging learning experience. By incorporating live people, Avkin's technology enables learners to practice essential communication skills, therapeutic techniques, and clinical decision-making in a safe and controlled environment. The simulators are supported with simulations, integration support, and tech support.
Target Audience
Avkin's primary customers are healthcare educators and simulation centers looking to enhance the realism and effectiveness of their training programs, as well as universities and hospitals seeking to improve student engagement and learning outcomes.
Features
- Wearable simulators that replicate various patient conditions, including tracheostomy care, wound care, urinary catheterization, central line care, and birthing scenarios
- Avbirth: A fully-automated, wearable birthing simulator that allows learners to practice communication with an interprofessional team and therapeutic communication with the patient through all phases of labor and delivery
- Avtrach: A wearable tracheostomy simulator that replicates an anterior thorax so tracheostomy care and suctioning can be authentically replicated in simulation; lung sounds can be changed via Bluetooth connection
- Avband: A smartwatch-like device for discreet three-way communication between the control room, patient, and Avkin simulators
- AvEncounter: A telesimulation product that allows healthcare students to participate in high-fidelity simulations with a live patient via Zoom
- Simulated consumables, including simulated blood, amniotic fluid, and mucus, to enhance realism
- Integration support and tech support to ensure successful implementation and ongoing operation