Gripwise offers a Device-as-a-Service platform that utilizes connected smart load cells and mobile applications to assess and monitor physical frailty and sarcopenia in individuals. This solution provides healthcare professionals with a reliable, easy-to-use tool for evaluating muscle strength and tracking patient progress, addressing the growing prevalence of frailty among the aging population.
Funding
$40K 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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Problem
The increasing prevalence of frailty and sarcopenia, especially among the aging population, leads to impaired mobility, increased risk of falls, hospitalizations, and mortality. Traditional methods for assessing muscle strength are often cumbersome and lack the ability to easily track patient progress over time.
Solution
Gripwise offers a Device-as-a-Service platform that provides healthcare professionals with a streamlined solution for assessing and monitoring physical frailty and sarcopenia. The platform utilizes connected smart load cells and mobile applications to evaluate muscle strength in various directions, including traction and compression. The system is lighter and smaller than existing solutions, making it easier to handle and safer for fragile individuals. Gripwise facilitates easy assessment by any professional, safe cloud-based data storage and analytics (GDPR compliant), and directed nutrition and physical activity support through personalized advice and follow-up programs.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes healthcare professionals, such as doctors, physical therapists, and nutritionists, who need a reliable and easy-to-use tool for evaluating muscle strength and tracking patient progress, as well as researchers studying frailty and sarcopenia.
Features
- Smart load cells for measuring strength in traction and compression
- Mobile applications (iOS/Android) for easy assessment and monitoring
- Web application for data access on any device
- Cloud-based data storage and analytics with GDPR compliance
- Sarcopenia (EWGSOP2) and Frailty (Fried Phenotype) assessment
- Patient, professional, and entity management features
- Generation and sharing of reports
- Strength profile graph
- Personalized customer support
- Dashboard to monitor patients' clinical status
- Data backup and recovery
- Interoperability with ICT systems
- Exergames adjusted to the physical condition of users, providing feedback on the effort required to complete each task