
Healthcare startup raises $2.6M for smart belt to deploy airbag to cushion seniors when they fall
Active Protective CEO Drew Lakatos said it will use the funding to support pilot studies with two senior care providers.
Active Protective CEO Drew Lakatos said it will use the funding to support pilot studies with two senior care providers.
In 2010, there were 258,000 seniors aged 65 and older were admitted to the hospital with hip fractures, most of them from falls, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The cost of hospitalization and recovery amounted to upwards of $20 billion, according to Cleveland Clinic data. It’s a massive problem for hospitals that can’t […]