Braze Mobility
Braze Mobility offers the world's first patented blind spot sensor system that retrofits onto any wheelchair, transforming it into a smart wheelchair. The system uses multi-modal alerts—lights, sounds, and vibrations—to inform users of obstacle location and proximity, enhancing spatial awareness while keeping the driver fully in control. The sensors can be positioned anywhere around the wheelchair and are designed for use in tight spaces, doorways, elevators, ramps, crowded areas, and public transport.
- Mobility & Transportation
- Medical Devices
- Healthcare Technology
- Hardware
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Wheelchair users often have limited spatial awareness of obstacles in their blind spots, particularly those with low vision, blindness, neglect, limited upper body or neck mobility, or impaired attention. This can lead to collisions, property damage, and reduced independence, while caregivers and clinicians lack a reliable tool to enhance safe navigation without taking control away from the user.
Solution
Braze Mobility provides the world's first patented blind spot sensor system that can be added to any wheelchair, converting it into a smart wheelchair. The system uses multi-modal alerts—intuitive lights, sounds, and vibrations—to inform users about the location and proximity of nearby obstacles, enhancing spatial awareness while leaving the driver fully in control. Sensors can be positioned anywhere around the wheelchair based on the user's specific coverage needs, and the system is designed to work in tight spaces, doorways, elevators, ramps, crowded areas, and public transport. The technology is grounded in over a decade of clinical research and is co-designed with users, families, and therapists to support independent mobility goals.
Target Audience
Primary users are wheelchair users with low vision, blindness, neglect, limited mobility, or impaired attention, as well as veterans, therapists, and clinics and institutions seeking to improve client safety and independence.
Features
- Patented blind spot and proximity sensor system that retrofits onto any wheelchair without cameras
- Multi-modal alerts through lights, sounds, and vibrations to communicate obstacle location and proximity
- Customizable sensor placement around the wheelchair for individualized coverage
- Designed for use in tight spaces, doorways, elevators, ramps, crowded areas, and public transport
- Supported by a decade of trans-disciplinary clinical research and user-centered design methods
- SAM-approved for direct sales to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and listed with Medavie Blue Cross in Canada