BMED

According to the CDC, 75% of Americans aged 70 years or older have balance issues, which increases to 88% for Americans aged 80 years or older. And across all ages, 19 million people reported some mobility difficulty due to a very wide range of issues affecting among others, the inner ear, nerves, brain, joints, or vision. As there is currently no low-cost and hands-free device on the market for balance impaired individuals, this often leads to them being proactively placed in burdensome wheelchairs.
Our goal is to create a gyroscopic stabilizing device positioned around the center of balance that offers an informational push towards the upright torso position. This allows the user to self correct and relearn balance, helping a wide range of people across different ages and with different disorders.