Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Project Olympus PROBE AbiliLife's Innovative Medical Device Aims to Improve Quality of Life for Parkinson's Patients

Courtney Williamson, PhD candidate at CMU and founder of AbiliLife, is making important strides by working to develop an assistive brace for people with Parkinson's disease. Having gone through six prototypes to create a brace that she describes as a "light weight and breathable" vest, which aims to be as easy as putting on a T-shirt, Courtney and her team are working to launch their first product in April. The AbiliLife venture is a Project Olympus PROBE and an NSF I-Corps Site Team, and is in the current class at AlphaLab Gear...Read more»

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January 6, 2015- Essential Pittsburgh
Innovative Medical Device Aims to Improve Quality of Life for Parkinson's Patients

By: Essential Pittsburgh