Call UsAbu Dhabi, 3 February, 2021 – ProvenMed, the HUB71-based medical devices innovation startup, announces that the early R&D results of using smart textile powered by bioimpedance spectroscopy technology are very promising and leads to create a cost-effective, comfortable and reliable smart underwear that will be continuously measuring accurately the bladder fullness non-invasively. The urine volume information will be transmitted to ActivGo® AI-powered platform that applies machine learning in understanding patterns of urine volume variations, leakage trigger levels and provide predictive actionable insights.
ProvenMed’s R&D team has leveraged the new trend of smart textile technology and AI in order to develop ActivGo®SMART™ that will keep patients’ urinary activity monitored and recored on the cloud with their healthcare professionals, and even notify them with trigger alerts prior leakage or bladder fulness incidents.
“ Millions of people, from children to the elderly, suffer from bladder dysfunctions all over the world. ActivGo®SMART™ for monitoring bladder fullness with smart textile technology, will improve, significantly, their daily life quality” said ProvenMed co-founder and CEO Souheil Guessoum. “With the upcoming launch of ActivGo®SMART™, a blend of new technologies, ProvenMed will help patients with self-care device that keeps them and their healthcare professionals on the top of things with data at all times”.
Launched in early 2020, the ActivGo®Kit™ has helped thousands of people who suffer from urinary incontinence restore their active life-style with its comfort, reliability, ease of use, and prevention from urinary infection. With ActivGo®SMART™, the benefits exposure will be beyond managing the incontinence issue. It will enable them to predict the leakage before happening and avoid it by going to the toilet. Such a setting will train and build a healthy habit that keeps the urinary incontinence under control. It will also help patients with urine retention problem to minimize the usage of invasive catheters and reduce the UTI potentials.
“I’m very excited in imbedding new cross-technologies and broaden the use of ActivGo® not only by incontinence patients. Leveraging fast growing technologies like smart fabrics and Artificial Intelligence has opened for ProvenMed a tremendous opportunity to enable healthcare providers getting a tangible source of information while diagnosing or monitoring patients remotely using telemedicine platforms. With this technology, we will help promoting self-care and preventive healthcare services to many patients” said ProvenMed co-founder and Chief R&D Officer Amine Staali. “we are committed to enabling healthcare with our customer-centric smart devices!”
“I believe that adopting smart textile technology in ActivGo® is the right approach that will open doors for future smart clothing and accessories. This is just the beginning!” Said Dr. Abdelakram Hafid, ProvenMed Smart Textile R&D fellow, researcher at the Swedish school of textile.
“Giving people who have urinary incontinence the opportunity to be aware of the leakage and going to the toilet beforehand, and not relying on catheters or diapers, means giving them back control over their lives. Using this innovative device, the functional improvement reached by these people will impact positively all dimensions of their life. I can imagine a lot of patients saying that this solution is priceless!” said Dr. Maria de Mello, Associate Researcher at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Geriatric Discipline, Medical Researcher Fellow.
ActivGo® AI-powered app will be a multi-channel open platform that gives the healthcare stakeholders like hospitals, nursing homes and research centers access through a subscription plans. And also, patients and their family members can get the notifications and insights via a mobile application to have a better care and awareness.
“Applying Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technologies will empower healthcare providers with the right information and data that help them with early detection, assessment and interventions for chronic conditions” said Prof. Ahmed Guessoum, ProvenMed AI research fellow and Artificial intelligence scientist at Houari Boumediene science and technology university.
Although ActivGo® SMART™ is being designed for people with urinary incontinence and loss of bladder function, it will have broader applications as well. Many other health conditions that can affect bladder function include diabetic neuropathy, Alzheimer’s disease, spinal injuries and anomalies, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.
About ProvenMed:
ProvenMed is medical devices innovation company that is redefining the urinary incontinence care industry with its revolutionary and patented solution ActivGo® for men. It is the first urinary incontinence wearable device of its kind, developed completely from the patient’s perspective and provide comfortable, hygienic and active lifestyle. ProvenMed’ mission is to innovate medical devices though compassionate empathy to empower people and improve their lives.
For more information, visit provenmed.com. or contact PR@provenmed.com
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