FINALISTS: PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
Augment Therapy is an interactive telerehabilitation software platform using motion-sensitive cameras to simultaneously collect critical data points and engage pediatric patients in a mixed reality experience without wearable technology. Augment Therapy software is designed to be used across all settings including hospitals and schools, incorporating artificial intelligence precisely for the special needs child.
AdviNOW Medical uses artificial intelligence and augmented reality to completely automate the medical patient encounter outside of the actual patient-provider consult. AdviNow’s technology enables a physical exam with augmented reality anywhere and anytime reducing clinic costs while providing in-home care.
Washington, D.C.
Healium is a biometrically controlled digi-ceutical that allows users to see their feelings and can reduce anxiety in a short amount of time. Healium uses a brain-sensing headband or smartwatch and the user can see their own heart rate represented during a psychologist-authored mindfulness experience.
IMMERTEC’s VR software allows users to train remotely through VR in an environment that provides a remote presence experience. IMMERTEC’s platform provides users with the ability to interact with the operating room theater, manipulate feeds such as an endoscopy of CR scan, and listen to commentary from training physicians and ask questions in real-time.
Palo Alto, Calif.
Lucid Care increases patient adherence for centers treating drug and alcohol addiction. Lucid Care offers a virtual reality platform used in treatment centers that enables patients to accelerate their own behavioral change in treatment and reduce anxiety and cravings within minutes. By creating and analyzing proprietary patient data, the Lucid Care team creates personalized, results-based care.
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Marion Surgical’s software enables surgeons to use real patient data and instruments to replicate surgical training procedures from a Virtual Operating Room. Utilizing the power of haptic feedback, Marion Surgical helps ensure surgeons perform at their best in the real world. Surgical big data gathered will open commercial opportunities outside of solely VR simulation training.
Gaithersburg, Md.
MirrorAR is a revolutionary motion capture and augmented reality solution which can be used in any field where home compliance and performance is key to user success; such as physical rehabilitation, fitness training or surgery follow-up. Running on most smartphones, MirrorAR overcomes traditional barriers to pose estimation such as partially obscured limbs, plane of view, visually complex backgrounds and the user’s position and distance to the camera.
New York, N.Y.
OpticSurg’s software prototype leverages mixed reality to replace, update and extend existing medical technology making it portable, usable and functionally critical. Working with industry hardware (i.e. Hololens®), OpticSurg’s software solution enables ease in adopting new technology and will allow recurring licensing subscription revenue.
San Mateo, Calif.
Osso VR uses virtual reality to provide the platform, content and tools to bridge the surgical training gap. The mission is to improve patient outcomes, increase the adoption of higher-value medical technologies and democratize access to surgical education around the globe. Osso VR offers a complete services platform to customers that includes custom content creation, a curated hardware leasing and support program, and access to objective performance analytics.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
SpellBound provides a scalable digital solution that improves patient cooperation with treatment while providing positive patient experiences in three ways: digital pain management to increase efficiency of procedures; 3D simulations for patient education that improve comprehension and help patients make better health decisions; and digital transformation of hospital spaces that gamifies the environment and encourages movement, such as walking after surgery.
Westlake, Ohio
TRAZER is a healthcare IT software technology and data analytics company that delivers data-driven, value-based outcomes by capturing objective and actionable micro data through applications for balance, kinematics, dynamic movement and neuromechanical function. Trazer technology and its data are used in healthcare, athletic, military and other markets.
Los Angeles, Calif.
VANISH focuses on chronic pain treatment, using a patent-pending method and system to achieve long-term pain management and efficacy. Focusing on accessibility of therapy and safe and non-invasive management, all content is produced in-house. Due to unique biofeedback and data collection system, VANISH’s technology collects, analyzes and researches biomarkers for chronic pain from large patient populations.
Boston, Mass.
VRHealth utilizes the power of VR to provide innovative real-time medical analytics and enhanced patient and clinician experience at clinics and at home. VR Health’s unique medical and therapeutic software uses VR technology and AI cloud-computing algorithms to deliver enhanced experience and real-time data analytics.
Fort Worth, Texas
Neuro Rehab VR’s technology immerses the patient in various therapy VR 3D exercises to stimulate their brain and help form new neural pathways to aid in recovery. Through new virtual reality therapy exercise development created by therapists, Neuro Rehab has also developed a data analytics and reporting system that records and generates patient progress reports.
FINALISTS: COLLEGIATE DIVISION
The Virtual Reality MRI Mock Scanner is a virtual exposure therapy experience for children who are about to undergo an MRI. The child simply puts on a virtual reality headset and is shown a CGI recreation of the MRI experience. The child is familiarized with a virtual radiology suite, is habituated to the sounds of the scanner, and is trained to stay still during an MRI to get quality images. Furthermore, using the native motion tracking sensors in virtual reality headsets, the VR MRI Mock Scanner can measure the child’s head movement and provide visual stimuli telling the participant when excessive motion has taken place.