Chrissy Glover - Robots in Rehab - a podcast by Sal Daher
from 2021-12-15T06:30
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Virtual visits & robotics to improve greatly the recovery of stroke patients. Chrissy Glover & her startup, Imago Rehab, are taking to market technology from Harvard's Biodesign Lab informed by deep experience in how stroke rehabilitation is done now.
Highlights:
- Sal Daher Introduces Chrissy Glover, Co-Founder of Imago Rehab
- “...they've had a stroke maybe a year ago, and their hand is just stuck in this fist position.”
- “It's well understood that what is required for successful recovery is high-intensity rehabilitation.”
- 300 Repetitions of Hand Movements per Day Is What’s Needed; Stroke Patients Now Get 30 Reps Twice a Week - If They Can Get to the Clinic
- The Brain Is a Lot More Plastic Than We Thought, Even the Brain of the Elderly
- “...we see people who are five years post-stroke and able to really drastically improve their hand function, which is really exciting.”
- With The Robotic Glove in Their Home, Some Patients Go Way Beyond 300 Reps per Day and Have Great Outcomes
- Chrissy and Imago Have been Through Mass Challenge
- FDA Regulatory Path Is Relatively Simple; Imago Rehab Is Getting Reimbursed for the Virtual Visits Even Before Approval
- “We actually just entered the market, which is exciting news for us.”
- With Imago Rehab, Sal Daher Has Dèjá Vu from His First Startup Investment, EXOS, Which Involved a Force-Feedback Glove
- Co-founder Kristin Nuckols Brings 15 Years of Experience in Occupational Therapy
- Technology Developed at the Harvard Biodesign Lab under Professor Conor Walsh Who Is Also a Co-founder
- Sal Daher on the Connection Between Creative People and Startups
- How Chrissy Glover Decided to Become an Entrepreneur
- Chrissy Glover Takes Notes and, More Significantly, Can Read Them!
- “You talked about could there be a multiplier effect for therapists where we're taking out some of the mundane tasks so they can really be more efficient with their time.”
- Imago Rehab Has the Potential to Build Strong Value for Individual Therapists and Thus Attract Large Numbers of these Sought-after Specialists
- Basecamp and Summit Thoughts on Imago Rehab
- “We're hyper-focused on stroke in the hand, but then we do have larger aspirations.”
- “Actually, in the Biodesign Lab, there is a shoulder and elbow device also in development.”
- “It could be learning algorithms, making their work more efficient, making their lives more manageable...Because the limiting factor in therapy is the availability of therapists.”
- “This is entrepreneurship. It's Stone Soup.”
- “...Imago Rehab, a startup that is getting ready to revolutionize the space of physical rehabilitation ..”
Sponsored by:
- Purdue University entrepreneurship, and
- Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish & Richardson
Topics: product, robotics / AI, co-founders, Mass Challenge, platform, founding story
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